Emerging risks | Growth Opportunities | APAC Insurance

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Emerging risks | Growth opportunities | APAC insurance

Wednesday, 31 December 2025
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Life + Health

Latest insight

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2025-year-in-review
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(Re)in Focus

“Insurers or brokers have to help employers look at their profiles."

Selina Lau
Selina LauChief Executive at the Hong Kong Federation of Insurers

People moves

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Sun Life - Tran Thi Ly and Vu Tuan Anh
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anna-kohls-succeeds-kenrick-law-as-regional-ceo-for-allianz-se-reinsurance-asia-pacific
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Key stories

  • health-fire-and-pa-drive-india-gi-growth-in-november-as-bajaj-allianz-posts-27bn-health-breakout
    Health, fire and PA drive India GI growth in November as Bajaj Allianz posts ₹27bn health breakout
  • 2025-year-in-review
    2025: Year in Review
  • indias-parliament-approves-bill-allowing-100-foreign-direct-investment-in-insurance
    India's Parliament approves bill allowing 100% foreign direct investment in insurance
  • apac-insurers-prepare-for-a-post-bmi-underwriting-era-as-glp-1-use-grows
    APAC insurers prepare for a post-BMI underwriting era as GLP-1 use grows
  • indias-cabinet-clears-draft-bill-to-allow-100-foreign-ownership-in-insurers
    India's Cabinet clears draft bill to allow 100% foreign ownership in insurers
  • Munich Re looks to APAC life health and speciality lines at heart of new Ambition 2030 growth strategy
    Munich Re puts APAC life & health and speciality lines at the heart of five-year growth strategy
  • supervisors-flag-climate-private-assets-and-fragmentation-as-core-tests-for-insurers-at-aif-2025
    Supervisors flag climate, private assets and fragmentation as core tests for insurers at AIF 2025
  • hong-kongs-insurance-industry-rallies-to-support-tai-po-fire-victims
    Hong Kong's insurance industry rallies to support Tai Po fire victims
  • china-taiping-named-as-insurer-in-hong-kongs-wang-fuk-court-tragedy
    China Taiping named as insurer in Hong Kong's Wang Fuk Court tragedy
  • china-and-india-structured-solutions-at-centre-of-mapfre-res-apac-life-push
    China and India, structured solutions at centre of MAPFRE RE’s APAC life push
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(Re)in Focus

“As the regulatory regime changes, insurers are assessing whether their current reinsurance arrangement is fit-for-purpose, and in many cases there is interest in finding new and efficient ways of managing cost-of-capital.”

Alison Drill
Alison DrillAPAC Head of Property and Casualty Structured Solutions at Swiss Re

Editor's choice

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munich-re-names-eric-zhao-as-ceo-of-beijing-branch
insurance-payouts-top-hk250m-following-wang-fuk-court-blaze-payouts-top-hk250m-following-wang-fuk-court-blaze
2025-year-in-review
2025: Year in Review
Friday, December 19 2025
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indias-parliament-approves-bill-allowing-100-foreign-direct-investment-in-insurance
indias-lower-house-clears-bill-to-raise-insurance-fdi-cap-to-100
apac-insurers-prepare-for-a-post-bmi-underwriting-era-as-glp-1-use-grows
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Analysis
Munich Re puts APAC life & health and speciality lines at the heart of five-year growth strategy
Business's new Ambition 2030 strategy aims to shift earnings away from volatile P&C reinsurance, while targeting €600m in annual cost savings by 2030.
Cautious optimism among emerging Asia’s middle class fuels protection demand: Peak Re
Rising confidence, climate anxiety, and cyber exposure reshape insurance expectations across emerging Asia.
GLP-1 offers modest mortality benefits for Hong Kong but raises new insurer risks: RGA
Medication-driven weight loss may reshape underwriting, lapse behaviour and claims long before it shifts long-term mortality assumptions.
Reinsurance sidecars, hybrid models, and diversification define APAC insurers’ 2025 capital playbook
BlackRock survey finds APAC firms embracing capital-management innovation to boost resilience in a high-rate, high-risk world.
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Data and Data Journalism
Health, fire and PA drive India GI growth in November as Bajaj Allianz posts ₹27bn health breakout
Health and fire gains, plus a sharp rise in personal accident, helped lift the market as Bajaj Allianz’s health book surged 864%.
Australia's PA&H insurance industry to surpass A$42bn by 2030 — GlobalData
Factors seen to drive the industry's 2026-2030 growth include digital enablement, insurtech investment, AI-driven service models, and expanded telehealth and mental health benefits.
Singapore's general insurance industry set to grow to US$6.5bn by 2030 driven by PA&H line: GlobalData
The expansion is fueled by several factors, including elevated claims, medical inflation, an ageing population, and ongoing infrastructure investments.
APAC insurers maintain solid financial stability with no downgrades in 2024, reports AM Best
AM Best says rated insurers kept stable credit profiles, with 14 upgrades and no downgrades recorded last year.
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(Re)in Detail

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Asset intensive reinsurance

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Brookfield-DaiChi
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hong-kong-relaxes-rules-for-indexed-universal-life-policies-sold-to-rich-clients
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Results

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south-korea-to-ease-bancassurance-25-rule-report
globaldata-hong-kong-life-insurance-market-to-grow-by-2-9-in-2025
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Regulatory

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hong-kong-non-life-market-logs-5-year-profit-run-amid-ah-and-motor-losses-am-best
2025-year-in-review
2025: Year in Review
Friday, December 19 2025
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indias-lower-house-clears-bill-to-raise-insurance-fdi-cap-to-100
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