Weight loss drugs should be included in country's national insurance coverage according to some doctors in China. Obesity is listed as sixth leading risk factor in disability and death in China.

EDME Insurance Brokers has appointed Mr Vinod Krishnan as CEO of its treaty reinsurance vertical, upon the completion of his current stint at Gallagher.

Hong Kong's insurance regulator, the Insurance Authority (IA), released provisional statistics for 1H2025, with total gross premiums reaching HK$423.4bn ($54.5bn).

Blackstone, a global private equity giant, has acquired a 70% stake in New Delhi-based Ace Insurance Brokers in one of the largest transactions in India's insurance intermediary market, according to ...

UK-based flood science specialist JBA Risk Management will open its first office in India in November 2025.

The South Korean government will begin subsidising malpractice insurance premiums for doctors working in critical but increasingly underserved medical specialties, reported the Korea Bizwire.

Sompo insurance has expanded its travel insurance service to a number of countries in Asia following a successful rollout in Thailand.

The Indonesian government and the Financial Services Authority (OJK) have made significant strides in expanding financial inclusion, creating new access to banking services for the public.

CIMB Thai Bank has outlined its outlook for the life insurance market next year, highlighting three major trends: protection-oriented products, inheritance insurance, and online policy purchases.

Malaysian regulator Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) and the ministry of health (MOH) will soon meet the country's medical community to discuss the government's proposed base medical and health ...

The Insurance Council of New Zealand (Te Kahui Inihua o Aotearoa) (ICNZ) is supporting new rules that make natural hazard information in Land Information Memoranda (LIMs) clearer, more consistent and ...

The Korean insurance regulator has said that if more people cooperate no more paperwork will be necessary to submit insurance claims after a clinic visit.