Indonesian market News

Indonesia to Relocate Residents or Move Fuel Facility After Fire Kills 16

Indonesia will relocate residents living near a fuel-storage fire that killed 16 people or remove the depot owned by state energy company Pertamina to a safer location, President Joko Widodo said on Sunday. The decision will rest with State-Owned Enterprise …

Eruption of Indonesia’s Highest Volcano Buries Homes, Destroys Bridge

SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia (AP) – Improved weather conditions Monday allowed rescuers to resume evacuation efforts and a search for possible victims after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island erupted, triggered by monsoon rains. Mount Semeru in Lumajang district …

Indonesia’s Deadly Soccer Stampede Blamed on Locked Doors, Steep Stairs

Locked stadium doors were a key reason why an Indonesian soccer riot turned so deadly, President Joko Widodo said on Wednesday, ordering an urgent review of safety in stadiums and suggesting that the sport’s governing body FIFA could help fix …

Indonesia Soccer Stampede Kills at Least 131 as Police Use of Tear Gas Questioned

At least 131 people died after police fired tear gas to dispel rioters at a soccer match in Indonesia, triggering a stampede as fans panicked and ending in one of the world’s worst stadium disasters. Questions are being raised over …

Indonesia Forms Rescue Plan for Troubled State Insurer

Indonesian authorities are weighing the induction of a strategic investor into a unit of the nation’s oldest insurer that’s on the brink of collapse after alleged fund mismanagement left a $2 billion hole in its books. PT Asuransi Jiwasraya has …

Indonesia to Tighten Oversight of Troubled Insurance Industry as Crisis Continues

With Indonesia’s oldest life insurer tottering on the brink of collapse following years of alleged mismanagement, authorities plan to tighten surveillance of the industry by overhauling regulations and setting up a rescue agency. The government plans to draft an omnibus …

Indonesia Takes Action to Rescue State Insurers, Potentially Raising Funds

Indonesia will appoint state financial firm PT Bahana Pembinaan Usaha Indonesia as a holding company for state insurers to improve their finances, a deputy minister said on Thursday, as the government puts together a rescue plan for a second troubled …

Scandal-Hit Indonesian Insurer, with $2B Financial Hole, Could Get Government Bailout

Policyholders at Indonesia’s state-owned PT Asuransi Jiwasraya are looking to the government to rescue the scandal-hit insurer, which has uncovered a $2 billion hole in its books. The crisis affects 17,000 buyers of investment products and 7 million clients, and …

Gallagher Buys IBS Re Singapore, 40% Stake in Indonesia’s IBS Insurance Broking

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced it has acquired a 40 percent equity stake in Indonesian insurance broker and risk management services provider PT IBS Insurance Broking Service, as well as 100 percent of reinsurance broker, IBS Re Singapore. Other …

Billionaire Li’s FWD Group Nearing Deal to Buy CBA’s Indonesia Unit

Billionaire Richard Li’s FWD Group is nearing an agreement to buy control of Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s Indonesian life insurance arm, people familiar with the matter said, in a deal that would boost the tycoon’s presence in one of the …