Gloria Methri is a Regional Correspondent at (Re)in Asia, tracking the regulation and risk stories moving Asia Pacific insurance. Areas of specialty include Indian insurance regulation, natural catastrophe losses across China and Australia, and marine and war risk markets.
Amid rising medical inflation in the region, the insurer and its insurtech venture have developed a model to standardise claims data, with the approach rolled out across six Asian markets.
Earnings diversification has increased as overseas and group businesses account for a larger share of profits, supported by expansion in the US market.
The regulator will check how insurers set and change actuarial assumptions before new rules on those assumptions are due to take effect on 1 January 2027.
