Asia insurance News

Singapore Looks to Create Thousands of Finance, Insurance Jobs

Singapore wants to bolster its status as a wealth management and foreign-exchange center as part of plans to create more financial-sector jobs and mitigate the effect of rapid changes in technology. In a plan unveiled Monday, the Monetary Authority of …

China Investment Firm Fosun Buying Stake In Ironshore

An investment group from China will buy a big stake in in Ironshore Inc., a billion-dollar insurance holding company led by former AIG executives that filed plans for a $100 million IPO in June. Fosun International Ltd. has agreed to …

Much of Eastern Asia Underinsured for Weather As Risk, Values Rising

Insured losses from weather-related events in Eastern Asia amount to only about 10 percent of the $700 billion in total losses accumulated over the last three decades, according to an analysis by Munich Re. According to the German reinsurer, the …

Asia Insurer AIA Boosted by Surge in New Business

AIA Group Ltd, Asia’s No.3 insurer, reported a 40 percent rise in value of new business for its fiscal full year and growth in Thailand despite last year’s devastating floods, surprising analysts and sending its shares up more than 3 …