Jessica Li is a Reporter at (Re)in Asia, following the appointments, ratings and deals shaping the region's insurers. Areas of specialty include senior people moves, insurer ratings actions, and M&A across marine, financial and reinsurance lines in markets including Vietnam, Hong Kong, Korea and India.
An interim resolution and a clean audit of first-half 2026 results have mitigated the downside, but the Vietnamese insurer’s risk management framework still needs further assessment.
The former Manappuram Finance chief executive, who previously spent 17 years at Bajaj Finserv, will take over as MD and CEO on 1 April 2027, subject to approval from India’s insurance regulator.
The revised code would write insurers’ obligations into consumer contracts for the first time, and insurers would have to accept any home or motor claim still undecided after 12 months because of their...
Sales at Prudential of Japan and Gibraltar Life’s Life Consultant channel stay suspended until 31 January 2027, and the longer-term earnings effect will depend on how fast sales recover.
He will take charge of India, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand from 2 November, joining the Group Executive Committee and reporting to Lee Yuan Siong.
Profitable non-life business generated most of the composite insurer’s 2025 operating income, while its life business, which made up about half of premiums, improved.
Hong Kong supplied around half of the group’s annual premium equivalent in H1 2026, while a growing contractual service margin releases steady earnings.
The Hong Kong reinsurer posted a 91.0% non-life net combined ratio in 2025 and lifted net profit to HK$1.3bn (US$167m) on higher underwriting and investment results.
