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Record capital levels to test reinsurance market discipline — AM Best

August 13 2026

The rating agency said casualty pricing, social inflation and long-tail reserve development remain the sector's biggest unresolved risks.

Japan life insurers' annualised new business premiums rise 8.1% in fiscal Q4

August 11 2026

Annualised premiums grew across both new and in-force business, while investment income rebounded to a new high.

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India insurance complaints near 300,000 in FY2026 as claim disputes rise 28%

August 10 2026

Complaints rose 15.4% last financial year and the trend showed little sign of easing in the first quarter of FY2027.

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Hong Kong life insurers’ direct new business jumps 51% in Q1

August 7 2026

New business premiums reached a record HK$141.13bn (US$18bn) as single-premium business nearly doubled, despite a slight decline in policy issuance.

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Australia's general insurance complaints rise 5% in 2025-26, life up 3%

August 5 2026

Motor insurance remained among Australia's most complained-about financial products, according to AFCA.

Health drives China non-life gains, but life fall tips May premiums into decline

August 4 2026

Total industry premium income fell 1.5% to CN¥457.83bn (US$67.6bn), the first annual decline of the year.

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Australian private health cover reaches 45.6% of population, highest since 2017

August 3 2026

Six straight years of gains have recovered about half the ground lost since 2014, when take-up peaked at 47.3%.

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Japan joins Asia's commercial rate downturn while Vietnam bucks trend in Q2 — Marsh

July 31 2026

A run of commercial insurance rate growth in Japan came to an end as regional downward rate pressure continued across Asia.

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Kumamoto earthquake losses expected to be "relatively lower" than 2016 event, says Aon

July 31 2026

Estimates from across the broker and ILS market point the same way, with losses expected to fall short of the quakes that struck the same prefecture a decade ago.

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Hong Kong GI direct premiums rise 4.2% in Q1 as underwriting profit more than doubles

July 30 2026

Pecuniary loss, a class dominated by mortgage guarantee business, delivered around 63% of the onshore market's undiscounted underwriting result, while offshore ships premiums rebounded amid war-risk r...

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