Willis Re has appointed Mr Neil Eckert as CEO Chief Executive Officer. He will join the company upon completion of his current contractual obligations.
The South Korean financial regulator, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) has launched an intensive consumer protection drive targeting the insurance industry, after a surge in life insurance complaints.
Insurers in Hong Kong are increasingly using AI in sales and underwriting processes, with new tools designed to provide advisers with faster preliminary assessments, reported Hubbis.
The 31st East Asian Insurance Congress opened in Tokyo yesterday evening, returning the gathering to the city where it began in 1964 for a fourth time in more than six decades. The theme, "Back to the Origin, A Bridge to the Future," called to mind the region's insurance history, the Congress' storied past and the many relationships that were built throughout its 62 years.
Prudential Life Insurance has upgraded its Partner Stack with new capabilities in 2026, positioning it as 'ICICI Life Partner Stack 2.0'. The stack brings together AI-enabled tools, deeper partner-system integrations and digital capabilities to support the Company's advisor and distribution network across sales, onboarding and customer servicing.
Sanlam, the largest insurance and financial services group in South Africa, has reported strong underlying new business growth and net client cash flows for the first six months of 2026, reflecting growth across all its African and Indian markets.
Swiss Re has appointed Ms Iris Cheung as Head, Life and Health (L&H) Reinsurance, Hong Kong and Taiwan, effective 1 November 2026.
Life insurance is facing a relevance challenge as 47% of consumers participating in a global survey say they are considering purchasing a life insurance policy, yet more than 40% of those feel confused, uncertain, or unconvinced with the information they find. As a result, one in four drop out of the purchase journey before completion according to the World Life Insurance Report 2027.
A new submission to a Australian Parliamentary Inquiry has said scrapping the extra private health insurance rebates given to older Australians would make the nation's health system fairer.
The 79th session of WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia has adopted the Dili Declaration on accelerating progress towards Universal Health Coverage in the region.