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08 December 2025 - by Julian Man, Clement Bonnet, Alex Bryant, Takanori Hoshino, Hiroki Koizumi, Chihong An, Sung Hoon Kim, Linda Jin, Jaden Chiu, Michelle Lai, Lucy Ouyang, Florin Ginghina
Insurers in Asia are taking a more proactive approach to ALM, according to our 2025 survey of companies in the region.
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01 October 2025 - by Clement Bonnet, Julian Man, Alex Bryant, Sherry Du, Pingni Eng, Linda Jin, Sharon Huang, Farzana Ismail, Philip Jackson, Sung Hoon Kim, Wen Yee Lee, Erica Chan, Kyosuke Aiguchi
We examine and summarize the complex and varied capital regulations for life insurance companies for 15 markets in Asia.
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21 August 2025 - by Wen Yee Lee, Alex Bryant, Shir Lynn Ong
Singapore’s insurers posted strong 2024 investment returns of 5.37%, but five-year results still remain below the investment cap rate of 4.25%.
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14 March 2025 - by Julian Man, Alex Bryant, Clement Bonnet, George Leung, Lammy Tsang
In our latest Asia e-Alert for Hong Kong, we explore the potential implications of a new regulatory requirement regarding benefit illustrations for par products.
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20 December 2024 - by Wen Yee Lee, Alex Bryant, Shir Lynn Ong
In Singapore, investment returns rebounded in 2023 after a poor 2022, when insurers endured a sharp rise in interest rates.
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09 October 2024 - by Clement Bonnet, Julian Man, Alex Bryant, Scott Chow, Pingni Eng, Linda Jin, Sharon Huang, Farzana Ismail, Philip Jackson, Sung Hoon Kim, Wen Yee Lee, Richard Payne, Kyosuke Aiguchi
Our sixth edition of a report on life insurance capital regimes in Asia gives a detailed comparative analysis and discusses the implications of change.
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09 July 2024 - by Farzana Ismail, Alex Bryant, Yu Wei Lim
The Central Bank of Malaysia’s proposed changes to the risk-based capital framework are substantial, and we foresee several material challenges for operators.
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23 January 2024 - by Alex Bryant, Erica Chan, Scott Chow, Pingni Eng, Pushpika Seneviratne, Takanori Hoshino, Richard Holloway, Farzana Ismail, Junaidi Amin, Philip Jackson, Clement Bonnet, Linda Jin
We detail the business for participating life insurance products across Asia, including eight major markets from a survey we conducted in 2Q 2023.
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23 January 2024 - by Alex Bryant, Erica Chan, Scott Chow, Pingni Eng, Pushpika Seneviratne, Takanori Hoshino, Richard Holloway, Farzana Ismail, Junaidi Amin, Philip Jackson, Clement Bonnet, Linda Jin
We detail the business for participating life insurance products across Asia, including eight major markets from a survey we conducted in 2Q 2023.
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09 October 2023 - by Wen Yee Lee, Alex Bryant, Shir Lynn Ong
Singapore par funds had very negative investment returns in 2022, but the aggregate solvency ratio remained even thanks to shareholder capital from surplus accounts.