Oman's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said that it has held discussions with insurance companies on developing a unified model for motor claims practices.
The Egyptian cabinet has approved the automatic enrolment of the country's vulnerable citizens into the state-run universal health insurance system.
China's top financial regulator, the National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA), has said that it will guide the insurance and banking sectors to fast-track financial services and support to aid relief efforts following the devastating residential building fire in Hong Kong on 25 November 2025.
Australian health insurers paid out a record A$9.4bn ($6.16bn) in 'high claims' for hospital treatment exceeding A$10,000 ($6,533) in 2024, according to a new analysis of health fund data by Private Healthcare Australia (PHA).
The Nat CAT events that struck Vietnam in 2025 till November have left 409 dead or missing and caused estimated economic loss of over VND85tn ($3.2bn). Over 700 people were injured in these catastrophic events that have ravaged Vietnam since the beginning of the year.
The Supreme Court of India has asked Indian Railways to explain why train passenger accident insurance cover is not available for those buying train tickets offline.
New Zealand's medical inflation, which is already among the highest in Asia-Pacific region, continues to surge and in its wake health insurance premiums too rise, at times making health insurance unaffordable.
Sedgwick has appointed Ms Aruna Chandrapalan as CEO of Singapore, while continuing in her role as Partner, Forensic Accounting Services. At the same time, Mr Nigel Cook will continue in his leadership role as Head of Major and Complex Loss (MCL).
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has ordered United Super, the trustee of the Construction and Building Unions Superannuation Fund (Cbus), to pay a penalty of A$23.5m ($15.3m) for unreasonable delays experienced by thousands of members and claimants arising from serious failures to handle insurance claims in a timely manner.
The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA), has announced a new collaboration to build a national data analytics fraud detection and investigations platform for the Australian insurance industry.