Cigna Healthcare Hong Kong has launched its VitalGuard Critical Illness Plan, providing financial protection for customers and their families, with a lump-sum benefit upon diagnosis of a covered illness.
Chinese citizens will now have more smart payment options to pay for services under the medical insurance system. The new options are being rolled out to reduce long queues and simplify payments for various medical services received by patients.
The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has officially issued a regulation (POJK Number 36 of 2025), which allows health insurance customers to opt for co-payments in their policies and lowers the risk-sharing (co-payment ) limit borne by the insured to 5%.
Major South African insurance company, Outsurance, has been approved for a secondary listing on A2X Markets (A2X), allowing it to offer investors an additional stock trading platform.
Lebanon ranked 64th out of the 72 largest insurance markets worldwide in terms of premiums in 2024, 37th among 45 emerging markets, and 10th among 13 Arab markets.
The UAE is taking steps to expand mandatory early cancer screening nationwide, with federal health authorities planning to link preventive tests to health insurance requirements, Minister of Health and Prevention Ahmed Al Sayegh told the Federal National Council (FNC) on 7 January 2026.
Several key variables affecting the life insurance industry offer an outline of what to expect of the sector in 2026 and beyond.
Vietnam will provide full reimbursement of medical examination and treatment costs under its health insurance system to people from near-poor households and seniors aged 75 and above who receive social pension benefits, effective from 1 January 2026.
The UAE insurance industry will witness further growth and development in 2026 and the following years, Mr Khaled Mohammed Al Badi, Chairman of the Emirates Insurance Federation (EIF) and the Gulf Insurance Federation, has said.
HSBC Life Singapore has launched HSBC Life Indexed Flexi Income, an indexed universal life (IUL) plan designed to provide lifetime income, wealth accumulation and protection across different life stages, supporting longevity and retirement trends in Singapore alongside inter-generational wealth transfer objectives.