Reih Angeles is Deputy News Editor at (Re)in Asia, steering the desk's breaking coverage of Asia Pacific insurance and reinsurance. Areas of specialty include insurer and life results, reinsurance and catastrophe losses, cyber, and regulatory change across India, Korea, China and Hong Kong.
The decision follows opposition from Queensland councils, with further changes aimed at preserving access to recovery assistance and easing funding eligibility.
External committee linked sums to 159 current and former staff and 794 customers, and said it found structural failings in sales management, culture, and governance.
Slower growth in China and India drives the easing, while Singapore and Indonesia head the other way at 14.7% and 17.3%, adding to pressure on health insurance affordability.
Traditional Korean medicine hospitals emerged as a key focus for regulators after the number of improper claims detected surpassed the full-year 2025 total within nine months.
