Life and Health

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Policybazaar offers US dollar-denominated term insurance for NRIs via GIFT City

July 30 2026

The product is designed to reduce currency depreciation risks for overseas Indians.

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Go Digit General secures competition authority nod for holding company merger

July 30 2026

The insurer will remain the surviving entity following the merger.

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Manulife Malaysia taps Sook Yann Lee as chief partnership distribution officer

July 29 2026

She joins from Prudential Assurance Malaysia, where she spent a decade, most recently leading partnership distribution.

Manulife Hong Kong and Macau promotes Carrie Tong to chief distribution officer

July 29 2026

She has been with the business since 2015 and most recently served as Chief Operations Officer.

LIC elevates Shatmanyu Shrivastava to CFO, Varadarajan Muthuvenkataraman named CRO

July 29 2026

The new finance chief replaces Sunil Agrawal, who stepped down late last month.

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Japanese life insurers expected to deepen private credit partnerships, analysts say

July 29 2026

Strategic alliances with global asset managers are emerging as a preferred route for Japanese lifers seeking diversification and higher investment returns.

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"Client globality": Sun Life rewires HNW business into single global platform

July 28 2026

Sun Life Private Wealth links Bermuda, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai into one platform as Asia's wealthy spread assets across jurisdictions.

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India to launch shared KYC framework for insurers and banks — report

July 28 2026

The framework aims to simplify customer onboarding and reduce repetitive KYC requirements across the insurance and banking sectors.

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Softlogic Life completes US$1.9m acquisition of Bangladesh insurer

July 28 2026

The Sri Lankan life insurer finalised its purchase of a 60% stake in Diamond Life Insurance.

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WestBridge Capital begins process to exit Star Health Insurance - Report

July 28 2026

The PE firm holds around a 40% stake in the insurer through Safecrop Investments India.

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