While it is general perception that New Zealanders know more and more about the hazards they live alongside, the country's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)'s latest Annual Preparedness survey for 2025 suggests they are not taking steps to prepare themselves.
Australians hold their health insurance cover for a decade or even more and almost 50% of them never switch funds according to a new survey.
Early investments in social protection and resilience can slash India's climate-related losses by over 80% according to a new study.
According to an estimate by Moody's the global economic impact of physical risk from Nat CATs and climate change could reach $41.4tn by 2050.
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) has appointed Ms Elain Mason as head of claims. In her new role, she will have responsibility for claims across all of ASR's underwriting platforms in Bermuda, Mauritius, and at Lloyd's.
Preventive healthcare activities in Taiwan will soon earn health-points which can later be redeemed for health-related products or services.
In an effort to help reduce country's medical burden and improve access to healthcare the Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives (KFCCC) and its affiliated foundation will fully cover insurance premiums for 477 underprivileged children and adolescents across the country.
A new policy in Thailand makes it mandatory for all migrant workers in the country to purchase health insurance. The new policy aims at reducing the national burden on account of medical expenditure.
Malaysia's central bank Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has announced that the design of the base medical and health insurance or takaful product, introduced as part of Budget 2026, is expected to be finalised by the end of 2025 with a planned launch in 2027 according to a news report on the web-portal https://www.thevibes.com/.
Singtel, in partnership with Enterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG) and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) has launched the Singtel Cyber Protect Programme, a strategic public-private collaboration to bolster the cyber resilience of Singapore's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).