The individual agent channel, which remains the primary driver of value creation, accounted for 85.9% of total VNB in 2025, contributing 39.3bn yuan, up 25.5% year on year.
Massey brings more than two decades of experience to the role, having previously scaled Now Health International across nine markets and led customer innovation at HSBC.
Bajaj General Insurance deepens its distribution reach into rural and semi-urban India through a tie-up with Vakrangee, amid low market penetration flagged by Economic Survey.
The French insurer's decision to wind down its Taiwan branch comes following five years of losses, a failure to scale its business, despite capital support from its parent.
While bancassurance new business profit powered Prudential's FY2025 growth, the group has flagged transforming the agency channel as its "number one priority".
Swiss Re reports that Australian life insurers achieve a A$26.89 return for every A$1 spent on rehabilitation, but most claimants are referred after long delays.
The Shield MCD test screens for 10 of the most common cancers — bladder, colorectal, breast, prostate, esophageal, gastric, liver, lung, ovarian, and pancreatic — with just a blood draw.
