An increasing number of securities firms in China are engaging in the distribution of insurance products. They include CITIC Securities, China Merchants Securities, GF Securities, Galaxy Securities, and Ping An Securities.
Most young adults in Singapore still want a real person by their side when making important insurance decisions, even as apps and AI become part of everyday life, a new Prudential study shows.
Sun Life has announced the appointment of Frankie Leung as the new Chief Agency Officer for Asia, effective 16 March 2026.
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.
Bangladesh's insurance regulator Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has imposed a ban on agent commissions in the non-life insurance sector. This move implies that there will be no agents serving the non-life branch.
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.
Manulife Hong Kong has launched two new participating life insurance savings plans - Genesis Centurion Insurance Plan and Prestige Achiever Insurance Plan - designed to help customers achieve financial goals with enhanced flexibility and growth potential.
The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched a special campaign to revive lapsed individual life insurance policies from 1 January to 2 March.
South Korean life insurer Shinhan Life is continuing to pursue a growth strategy that links business development with community-focused initiatives, with an emphasis on education and healthcare.
The Korea Life Insurance Association (KLIA) will carry out an organisational reshuffle to create a self-regulation department by reorganising the sales order management team and the advertising review team, which perform self-regulatory functions to prevent misselling and strengthen prior review of insurance advertisements.