Nursing and inpatient care receives the largest allocation at NT$2.137b. Taiwan’s National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) has raised payments across paediatric services, childbirth, inpatient nursing and major surgeries, aiming to…
Read article →Insurers issued 745,934 contracts in the first half up 29% from a year earlier. Taiwan life insurers recorded a 152% increase in first-year premium income from spillover-effect insurance products in…
Read article →Non-damage cover remains limited as supply-chain disruption, tariffs, and geopolitical events create losses beyond traditional physical-damage triggers. Traditional business interruption insurance is struggling to address trade-related losses that occur without…
Read article →96% of survivors encountered expenses they had not expected. Critical illness patients in Singapore may still have to pay about $28,346 (S$36,000) in out-of-pocket medical expenses despite having hospitalisation insurance,…
Read article →Product diversity and complex market dynamics may delay visible improvement. New guidelines for China’s non-motor insurance sector are credit positive because they are expected to strengthen product governance, market conduct…
Read article →Schoolchildren accounted for $69.3m whilst university beneficiaries received $12.9m. Vietam’s Health Insurance Fund covered nearly $82.2m (VND2.145t) in medical examination and treatment costs for pupils and university students in the…
Read article →Industry earnings before tax edged up just 3.14% to $30.4m. Sri Lanka’s insurance industry recorded gross written premium of $350.0m (LKR114,863m) in the first quarter of 2026 (Q1 2026), up…
Read article →Financial income advanced 10.5% to $13.74m from a year earlier. Cambodia’s insurance industry recorded total gross premium of $90.56m in the second quarter of 2026, up 6.9% year-on-year (YoY), according…
Read article →First-half turnover reached $90.6m and accounted for 55.4% of the annual plan. Vietnam National Reinsurance Corporation (VINARE) recorded profit before tax of $10.7m (VND278.8b), climbing 14.9% year-on-year (YoY) in the…
Read article →Affordability remains the main barrier as catastrophe risks stay underinsured despite advances in modelling and available insurance capacity. Asia-Pacific’s catastrophe protection gap is unlikely to narrow significantly through traditional insurance…
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