Life insurers pay out £90m during pandemic
Roughly 7,000 death claims were filed throughout the height of the crisis
Health & Protection
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Insurance group agrees Apac partnership with healthtech firm
Offering will be launched in Malaysia first
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Guernsey insurer and five directors fined over £150,000
It failed to oversee its UK outsourcing business
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Insurance companies discriminate against some clients
Despite ‘blanket or general’ policies that refuse cover being against the law
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Manulife launches two critical illness plans in Hong Kong
As it looks to help support people on ‘their recovery journey’
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Axa unveils Hong Kong wellbeing platform
Firm hopes to inject more positivity to the people in the region amid fight against covid-19
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Indian insurance authority creates covid health product
Thirty firms sign up to distribute it
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Zurich to grow health operations in Asia, LatAm and Europe
Clients can personalise their approach to improving physical and mental health
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Manulife Hong Kong unveils virtual ’face-to-face’ platform
To sell all individual insurance (except ILAS) digitally
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Axa partners with UAE insurtech firm on affordable protection
To target over 10 million people across the Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America
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Global healthcare provider partners with mental health app
In a bid to tackle ‘the less visible but increasing’ wellbeing crisis of the pandemic
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Financial advisers have a ‘key role’ during pandemic
As protection will become a necessity for clients on lower incomes