Kyobo Life Insurance has introduced a health insurance product for people with pre-existing conditions that allows premiums to be designed reasonably according to a customer's health status. The product is notable for lowering the customer's burden by improving the uniform premium surcharge structure of existing insurance for people with pre-existing conditions.
Bangkok Life Assurance has offered a flexible health rider that can be attached to its life insurance policies, giving policyholders additional medical protection beyond standard death benefits.
AIA Hong Kong & Macau has launched its Wealth Flexi Savings Insurance Plan (Wealth Flexi), a participating whole-life savings plan, alongside its first-in-market Future Wishes Arrangement, empowering high-net-worth (HNW) individuals and families to adopt more structured approaches to wealth, liquidity and legacy planning.
Daiichi Life has launched SMARTCare Medical, its first medical reimbursement rider, designed to meet the diverse healthcare needs of Cambodian families.
Sumitomo Life expects insurance premium income to rise 3.7% to US$24.6 billion (JPY3.9 trillion) in fiscal year 2026 (FY 2026), whilst group core profit is projected to increase 2.9% to $2.6 billion (JPY420 billion).
Chubb Life Hong Kong has enhanced its flagship savings product, Chubb MyLegacy Insurance Plan V, with the introduction of a new three-year premium payment option designed to accelerate capital recovery and wealth accumulation.
Etiqa Insurance Singapore has clarified its position on investment-linked policies (ILPs), following the publication of an article in the Singapore newspaper, The Business Times, on 1 June 2026.
Called "KB Just Right 0540 Health Insurance (Non-Participating)", it is a comprehensive health insurance plan designed to cover health risks that occur from childhood through adulthood.
About 89% of participants assess life insurance as essential, according to Vietnam Insurance Association (IAV).
Most life insurers have not given up on the agency channel and are still making efforts to move forward with it, despite the upheaval in the channel that has seen the number of agents plunge from 9.1m in mid-July 2019 to around 2.2m at the end of March 2026.