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Regulation: Latest insight

HDFC Life VNB growth tapers in FY2026 amid steady premium growth

Rajive Kumaraswami named managing director and CEO of Cholamandalam MS General Insurance

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ACCC sends IAG's latest RAC Insurance bid to Phase 2 review as competition fears persist

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Taiwan's FSC launches incentive scheme to steer insurer capital into strategic sectors

Australian general insurer complaints rise 30% in FY2025

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Hong Kong complaints rise 33% in 2025, Insurance Complaints Bureau reports

GIC Re receives US$37.6m income tax demand for FY2024 assessment year

Prudential Health India names new CEO and COO as business targets operating licence

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Regulator imposes special licence conditions on NRMA Insurance over motor pricing failures

Neo Risk secures composite broker licence in India

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Regulation: Key stories

Singapore’s new IP rider rules may lower premiums but are no ‘silver bullet’ for medical inflation

New MGA regime flagged as last-mile growth lever for India’s insurance market

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India’s surety market surges, but recovery risks, data gaps constrain full potential

Japan’s economic solvency shift exposes gaps among smaller players

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Regulators sharpen focus on growing asset-intensive reinsurance market

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“On the demand side, people are talking less about ILS as an investment asset class or as an alternative risk transfer tool. That’s why we want to reach out to the market… to build awareness.”

Hong Kong expands ILS push with broader outreach

Regulation: Analysis

Australian general insurer complaints rise 30% in FY2025

ASIC's new dashboard shows that premium disputes and claims handling delays drove the rise.

Singapore, Australia show systemic risk progress, but IAIS flags liquidity disclosure gaps across markets

The IAIS's multi-year assessment of 16 jurisdictions finds resolution tools underdeveloped and liquidity stress-testing requirements uneven, even as macroprudential supervision matures.

J-ICS 'overly conservative' for Japan, but major insurers ready for new capital regime — Fitch

Capital ratio for major insurers expected to remain 'sufficiently high', though subsidiaries of foreign insurers are likely to report lower numbers.

Taiwan life insurers stabilise under IFRS 17, but structural risks remain: S&P

Ratings agency flags ongoing FX exposure and higher funding needs ahead of new capital standards, with asset-intensive reinsurance yet to gain traction.