The Insurance Regulatory and Promotion Commission (OIC) of Thailand in partnership with Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI) will study and prepare a voluntary health insurance strategic plan aiming to build a strong health insurance system for the country.
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), the Indian insurance regulator and the General Insurance Council of India (GIC), a body of the general and non-life Indian insurers, have begun talks with the federal government for the establishment of an independent healthcare regulator in the country according to a report by moneycontrol.com.
The first batch of Indian nursing care workers trained under a joint programme by Sompo Care and India's National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has begun working in Japan to ease its skilled manpower shortage.
The plan by the Tasmanian Liberals to establish a state-owned insurance company would put significant financial risk onto the public balance sheet according to Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
China has published new guidelines that will enable systematic flood risk assessments and put in place sustainable efforts to strengthen disaster prevention and control.
During 2024 the world lost 576 containers at sea according to a new report update by The World Shipping Council (WSC). This represents an increase from the record-low 221 containers lost in 2023.
The total insured cost of extreme weather events that impacted Australia in 1H2025 has exceeded A$1.8bn ($1.18bn), according to new data released by the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA).
Dementia and disability patients as also those suffering from some acute diseases and under the age of 50-years in Taiwan will be eligible for long term care services beginning 1 January 2026 according to the Taiwanese ministry of health and welfare (MOHW).
Female teenagers - especially those from lower-socio economic backgrounds - and gender-diverse adolescents in Australia are significantly more likely to experience worsening mental health symptoms over their high school years according to a new study.
A new global programme 'NATURE-INSURE' to strengthen supervisory responses to biodiversity risk has been launched by UNDP's Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF), the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and global consultancy firm KPMG.