Heavy Rain Causes Flooding, Landslides and Deaths in Vietnam and Thailand August 29, 2025 By Hau Dinh Heavy rain caused flooding and landslides Wednesday in parts of Southeast Asia, where at least eight deaths were reported in...
Scam Calls Hit Record in Thailand Before Cyber Fraud Crackdown February 25, 2025 By Patpicha Tanakasempipat Thailand saw the number of scam calls and text messages more than double to a record 168 million in 2024...
Thai Authorities Begin Crackdown on Ride-Hailing Firms Uber, Grab March 8, 2017 By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Patpicha Tanakasempipat Thailand’s transport authorities have begun a crackdown on drivers for ride-hailing services Uber and Grab and want the military government...
Hiscox Sells Hong Kong Division of DirectAsia to Well Link Group Holdings August 31, 2016 Hiscox, the specialist insurance group, has completed the sale of the Hong Kong division of its DirectAsia business to Well...
Hiscox to Sell Hong Kong Division of DirectAsia Business to Well Link Group March 10, 2016 Hiscox, the specialist insurance group, announced it has reached an agreement to sell the Hong Kong division of its DirectAsia...
Allianz, AXA & Sompo to Distribute Products Across Asia via CIMB Bank Branches February 19, 2016 By Jonathan Browning, Joyce Koh and Komaki Ito Allianz SE, AXA SA and Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc. made final bids for the rights to distribute their general...
Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka Hit by Heavy Rains, Floods: AIR December 30, 2014 According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, the rains of the past week across Southeast Asia have been much higher...
Malaysian Floods Force Evacuation of 200,000 People; at Least 10 Dead December 29, 2014 By Liau Y-Sing Malaysia evacuated more than 200,000 people and increased relief efforts as the worst floods in decades left at least 10...
Thai Group Buys Ping An Stake from HSBC for $9.38 Billion December 5, 2012 By Denny Thomas and Kelvin Soh A conglomerate controlled by Thailand’s richest man, Dhanin Chearavanont, has bought a minority stake in China’s Ping An Insurance for...
Lloyd’s Analyzes Repercussions of Thai Flood Losses a Year Later October 3, 2012 Lloyd’s has published an analysis of the floods that hit Thailand in October 2011, which notes that “after weeks of...