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EAIC: IAIS Chair sets out response to "polycrisis" of interconnected risks

IAIS Executive Committee's Toshiyuki Miyoshi sets out how the standard-setter is responding to a converging set of risks, from AI and geopolitics to alternative assets on life insurers' balance sheets.

Ahmad Zaki | 16 Sep 2026

31st EAIC opens in Tokyo with call for regional resilience

The 31st East Asian Insurance Congress opened in Tokyo yesterday evening, returning the gathering to the city where it began in 1964 for a fourth time in more than six decades. The theme, "Back to the Origin, A Bridge to the Future," called to...

Ahmad Zaki | 15 Sep 2026

South Korea: Merger of Tongyang Life and ABL Life announced

Woori Financial Group has announced the merger of Tongyang Life Insurance and ABL Life Insurance into a single entity to be launched in the second half of 2027.

Jimmy John | 19 Aug 2026

South Korea: Insurance M&A market poised for revival

South Korea's insurance M&A market could regain momentum as several long-running sales processes move towards key stages, with KDB Life Insurance, Lotte Insurance, BNP Paribas Cardif Life and AXA Insurance among the companies attracting attention.

Reva Ganesan | 18 Aug 2026

New Zealand opens consultation on prudential levy for insurers, financial firms

Jake Nathanoel Dellosa | 12 Aug 2026

South Korea: Kyobo Life weighs return to non-life with AXA General Insurance acquisition

Reva Ganesan | 12 Aug 2026

Sri Lanka: Insurance as an infrastructure for economic resilience

Jimmy John | 11 Aug 2026

India: Global insurers target Indian growth

Reva Ganesan | 04 Aug 2026

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