These are the updates on insurance regulatory developments in China.
Insurers have been selling new products that separate death and permanent total disability benefits from supplementary benefits in investment-linked policies, to comply with a new regulation that took full effect on 1 July 2025.
The insurance industry in Oman has seen the launch of the first domestic company licensed to engage in the management of health insurance claims.
The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance (BIBF) has announced the launch of a fully online and self-paced course on Anti-Money Laundering (AML), designed specifically for professionals in the insurance sector in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The board of directors of Allied Cooperative Insurance Group (ACIG) has recommended an increase to the company's capital through a share offering with the suspension of rights issue shares.
Eight out of the nine reinsurance companies established in Indonesia have met the first phase of minimum capital requirements (MCR) for 2026, according to data from the Financial Services Authority (OJK) as of the end of May 2025.
Chinese regulators have unveiled a pilot programme in the Hainan Free Trade Port allowing overseas investors to access a range of onshore asset management products, including those from insurance asset managers, in a bid to expand cross-border investment channels and deepen financial market opening.
The General Insurance Committee (CGA) and the Financial Market Council (CMF) have concluded an agreement on cooperation and exchange of information, including combatting money laundering, terrorist financing and arms proliferation.
The Financial Regulatory Authority (FRA) has attained full digitalisation of its system for interactions with the insurance broking sector, according to the agency's chairman, Dr Mohamed Farid.