Life insurance
China life premiums projected to rise from $679.5b in 2026 to $927.5b in 2030
China life premiums projected to rise from $679.5b in 2026 to $927.5b in 2030
This represents a CAGR of 7.9% in direct written premiums.
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What will drive the APAC life insurance market to bag $2t in five years?
India and China are major drivers of the sector’s growth.
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How stable is Hong Kong’s insurance market?
Hong Kong saw $13.1b (HK$100.5b) in general insurance gross premiums for 2024.
Malaysia sees stable non-life growth amidst premium rise
Gross direct premiums reached $5.43b in 2024, up 7% from the previous year.
What type of insurance coverage do Indians prefer now?
Women are increasingly choosing Critical Illness (CI) riders.
Why Japan’s insurers brace for heavy payouts in projected quake scenarios
Nankai Trough earthquake has a 60% to 90% probability of occurring.
How did Singapore's life insurance sector perform year-to-date?
Business premiums for life insurance recorded $4.76b, whilst integrated shield plans accounted $496.5m.
How premiums surged 42% in Taiwan’s foreign-currency market in August
Investment-linked insurance products generated $1.4b during the month.
Life insurers shift focus to wealth and care to support longer retirements: Swiss Re
Senior-targeted cancer coverage is bundled with health or annuity plans.
Macau insurance sector grows 5% as premiums and profits rise in 2024
Total gross premiums reached $4.67b last year.
Nepal insurance activity surges in September as premiums double
Gross premium collection jumped to $0.31b.
What will drive Malaysia’s life insurance market to bag $20.4b by 2029?
Policy ownership has increased from 41.5% in 2019 to 45.5% in 2024.
Sri Lanka’s insurance industry posts 54.6% GWP growth over five years
GWP for the first quarter up 10.6% year-on-year to $0.3b.
How did Indonesia’s life insurance market perform in the first half of 2025?
The number of people insured rose 8.8% to 123.7 million.
Taiwan’s insurance industry reports profit of $1.4b at July 2025
But overseas investments generated additional net losses of $3.4b.
Asian investors increase demand for secondary life insurance assets
Interest is growing in Singapore, Hong Kong SAR, and Japan.
Philippine life insurance premiums rise 12% to $3.51b in H1 2025
It was mainly driven by a 15.47% increase in variable unit-linked premiums.
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