Insurance
Manulife’s Asia business sees profit soar 28% in Q2 2026
Manulife’s Asia business sees profit soar 28% in Q2 2026
Annualised premium equivalent volume advanced 21% to $1.50b.
4 days ago
Etiqa launches endowment plan amidst volatility fears
The product spreads exposure across United States equities, bonds and commodities.
6 days ago
MSIG adds cyber cover as small firms face resource gaps
Threat monitoring and incident response are bundled with the policy.
Singlife opens lower-cost healthcare to foodpanda riders
Enrolment is free for all active delivery partners in Singapore.
FWD launches MultiCover CI as cancer survival reaches 61%
Mortality declined to 72 deaths per 100,000 people during 2019 to 2023.
Great Eastern Q2 2026 profit surges 103% to $392.5m
Shareholders will receive an interim dividend of 35 Singapore cents per share on 28 August.
Singlife launches zero-fee CPF portfolios for retirement
Singaporeans can invest their CPF funds across 3 portfolios starting from just $200.
Allianz buys HSBC Life Singapore for $2.1b
The agreement includes a 15 year exclusive bancassurance partnership through HSBC.
Prudential targets wealthy clients with $500,000 legacy cover
Policyholders can divide premiums across the S&P 500 and more.
MAS proposes PCC model for separate insurance risks in one entity
The move supports captive insurance and alternative risk transfer.
Industrialising AI pilots is insurers’ next enterprise test
Prudentials Mohit Tandon said usage is now the million-dollar question.
Human oversight remains central as insurers adopt agentic AI: valantic
Agentic AI handles verification and analysis whilst people make final decisions.
Organised fraud forces banks and insurers to pool intelligence
AI alone won't stop it, OCBC warns as criminal networks grow in scale.
Asia insurers risk irrelevance as protection gaps widen
An expert said Singapore saves 36% of its income despite having high protection and critical illness gaps.
Insurers chase AI gains as workers fear job losses
Ninety-two million jobs may be displaced by AI by 2030.
Singapore eyes new corporate structure for insurance risk transfer
MAS says the framework could speed up risk transfer to capital markets.
Income sells digital insurance platform to Embed Financial
The digital insurance platform was built inside Income over the past five years.
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