Kenya's Ministry of Health is seeking to designate an insurance company to provide Mandatory Inbound Travel Health insurance for visitors staying in the country for less than a year.
Bupa Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Co's (Bupa Arabia) board of directors has recommended a corporate restructuring through a demerger into two companies.
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.