Private health insurance premiums are expected to surge next year following increases in the costs of medical devices for insurers.
India is racing ahead to become the world's most populous country, overtaking China by perhaps as early as 2022, with one of the most ill-equipped, inadequately skilled youth in the world.
Most people are omnivores - we eat animal products and vegetables in mostly equal amounts. Conventional wisdom holds that a diverse diet is the best diet, as it allows your average person to receive all the nutrients they require for a healthy body.
Generali Vietnam Life Insurance and Orient Commercial Joint Stock Bank (OCB) have entered into a 15-year strategic exclusive bancassurance partnership which aims to develop financial and insurance solutions, expand distribution channels, promote the application of advanced digital technology and enhance customer service.
Despite being driven by world-beating economic growth, rapid urbanisation, a fast-growing middle class and mobile everywhere environment, only 27 per cent of Southeast Asia's 600 million population had a bank account in 2016, according to KPMG. Having a huge underbanked population is a product of the prevalence of cash economics in the region, which limits financial access for millions of employed adults who are unable to provide the type of information that allows banks to evaluate product suitability. It is also borne from the fact that existing products are insufficiently aligned with the needs of consumers.
World Health Organisation (WHO) and Japan Cancer Society have launched a campaign to create smoke-free workplaces in Japan.
More than two in three cities around the world already are noticing the effects of climate change, from more heatwaves to worsening flooding, but few have effective plans in place to deal with the threats.
A report by Kotak Institutional Equities Research has revealed that the Indian life insurance industry is facing a slowdown as individual annual premium equivalent (APE) declined 3% y-o-y in September as compared to 11-27% y-o-y growth in April-August 2019. Overall APE was up 3% y-o-y on the back of stronger group business. The net inflows to equity mutual funds dropped sharply as well.
The combined net profits of insurance companies in Lebanon increased by 14% to $174m (LBP262.5m) in 2018 compared with the previous year, according to the Insurance Control Commission (ICC)'s annual report for 2018.
The Omani Capital Market Authority (CMA) has launched a database for health insurance in preparation for implementation of the nationwide insurance scheme for private sector employees, residents of Oman and visitors.