Insurers are expanding into the family office space in Hong Kong and Singapore to target the needs of wealthy families in line with consumer demand, says global management consultancy McKinsey & Co.
The key to Taiwan developing itself as an Asian asset management centre is whether the island can lure NT$36tn ($1.13tn) of life insurance funds to stay at home, according to Ms Wang Li-Hui, the director-general of the Insurance Bureau of the Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC).
The General Insurance Association of Japan said yesterday that its member firms should set a clear deadline to cut their strategic holdings of listed client shares to zero, reported Reuters.
COSCO SHIPPING Captive Insurance Co will continue to focus on fixed-income oriented assets, which are expected to provide a stable stream of investment income, says AM Best.
The prices of comparable sukuk and bonds analysed by Fitch Ratings maintained high correlation over 1H2024, continuing the pattern observed over the previous five years, although there are sometimes brief instances of price volatility when correlation falls, the global credit rating agency says.
A stocktake of the Chinese insurance industry shows that there were over 200 (re)insurance companies operating in the country as of 30 June 2024
German global insurer Allianz Group has received approval from regulators in China to move its entire stake in a property insurance joint venture with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.Com to its local unit, a move intended to streamline its operations in China.
One of the biggest Saudi insurers, Tawuniya, has signed several new agreements at a FinTech event in Riyadh, with the insurer looking to make more investments.
Nan Shan Life Insurance has the same capacity to meet its obligations denominated in both local currency and foreign currency, says S&P Global Ratings (S&P).
Arab Reinsurance Company (Arab Re) held over 65% of its investments outside Lebanon at the end of 2023. This has made its balance sheet more resilient to asset-side stress tests, including full impairment of Lebanon-based assets, says AM Best.