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Hong Kong: Health insurance market teems with opportunities

Hong Kong: Health insurance market teems with opportunities

High out-of-pocket payments by patients at private hospitals and overwhelming demand for public health care underscores the need for further development of Hong Kong's health insurance sector, according to a new AM Best market segment report.

21 May 2019

South Korea: Growing expat population presents mart opportunity for insurers

South Korea: Growing expat population presents mart opportunity for insurers

South Korean insurers need to focus on foreigners as their potential customers as their numbers surge, and as Koreans age and fertility is low, a senior researcher at the Korea Insurance Research Institute has said.

21 May 2019

India: Regulator proposes standardising exclusions in health policies

India: Regulator proposes standardising exclusions in health policies

India's insurance regulator has issued draft guidelines proposing that health insurers adopt a uniform approach towards exclusions in health insurance products.

20 May 2019

China: Nearly 1m occupational disease cases reported in 2018

China: Nearly 1m occupational disease cases reported in 2018

More than 970,000 cases of occupational diseases were reported in China in 2018, according to an official statement.

20 May 2019

New Zealand: New rules to require financial advisors to meet competency standards

New Zealand: New rules to require financial advisors to meet competency standards

20 May 2019

Nearly 84% of Indonesians covered by state-owned insurance

Nearly 84% of Indonesians covered by state-owned insurance

Ranamita Chakraborty | 17 May 2019

Taiwan: Looming challenge for National Healthcare Insurance scheme

Taiwan: Looming challenge for National Healthcare Insurance scheme

17 May 2019

Australians: More intend to retire despite inadequate savings levels

Australians: More intend to retire despite inadequate savings levels

17 May 2019

Past Articles

4th Asia Trusted Life Agents & Advisers Awards - 54 finalists from 12 markets named

4th Asia Trusted Life Agents & Advisers Awards - 54 finalists from 12 markets named

China: Govt to combine rural and urban medical insurance schemes

China: Govt to combine rural and urban medical insurance schemes

Thailand: Health insurance now mandatory for long-staying foreigners aged 50 and above

Thailand: Health insurance now mandatory for long-staying foreigners aged 50 and above

Global insurance body supports G20 focus on ageing society

Global insurance body supports G20 focus on ageing society

Korea: New govt scheme could force foreign students to pay 7 times more in health premiums

Korea: New govt scheme could force foreign students to pay 7 times more in health premiums

Korea: First online life insurer prepares to go public amid return to profitability

Korea: First online life insurer prepares to go public amid return to profitability

Philippines: Philam Life tops net worth ranking of life insurers

Philippines: Philam Life tops net worth ranking of life insurers

China: Tencent affiliate to deliver more inclusive insurance plans

China: Tencent affiliate to deliver more inclusive insurance plans

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