Life and Health

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Malaysian life industry sees strong 2023 new business growth overshadowed by claims surge

April 18 2024

Malaysia sees 11.6% new business growth but 14.9% surge in claims payouts amid rising medical costs.

Global insurers behind the curve on sustainability as Asia closes gap with Europe, says nonprofit

April 18 2024

Asia's insurers performing better than North American firms, but, despite some progress, world's largest insurers remain far from their sustainability goals, ShareAction says.

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India's GST Council to consider reinsurance GST exemption after elections - report

April 17 2024

GST fitment committee proposes that reinsurance be exempt from 18% GST rate, with Council likely to discuss the issue from late June.

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Fitch affirms and then withdraws ratings for KDB Life

April 16 2024

KDB Life's ratings and negative outlook maintained, but Fitch said it had chosen to withdraw the ratings, citing commercial reasons.

Lockton India targets complex risks to fill capacity gaps

April 16 2024

Newly-appointed country CEO Sandeep Dadia seeks to turn the broker into the best – and biggest – in the market

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Sebastian Cook joins Howden Re as Deputy CEO of International

April 15 2024

Howden Re has appointed Sebastian Cook as Deputy CEO of Howden Re International, as announced in a company statement on LinkedIn. London-based Cook joins Howden Re this month following 3 years with Guy...