1+ week, 4+ day ago   (776+ words) Insurance Business Partners Group Holdings to acquire Fidelity Life in adviser channel shake-up Life insurer ownership concentration accelerates while regulators sharpen scrutiny of adviser remuneration and product suitability Partners Group Holdings Limited (PNZ) has entered into an agreement to acquire…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (202+ words) The financial improvement is substantially driven by the January 2026 acquisition of HSBC Life UK, completed at a price of £260 million and now rebranded as Chesnara Life UK. Chesnara describes the deal as the largest acquisition in its history. Group chief…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (436+ words) Insurance Business Hong Kong insurance chief reappointed amid tax shakeup Cheung begins new term with a clear directive: reduce the sector's dependence on mainland Chinese visitors The Insurance Authority has reappointed Clement Cheung Wan-ching as chief executive for a further…...

1+ mon, 19+ hour ago   (174+ words) For additional peer context, Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance reported first-half net profit of 1.02 trillion won, up 3.8% year-on-year, while operating profit rose 5.4% to 1.4 trillion won, according to Seoul Economic Daily. The gains were supported by revenue growth in long-term health and…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (229+ words) Sun Life Financial Inc. reported second-quarter group insurance sales of CA$680 million, up 27% from a year earlier, as the Toronto-based insurer posted underlying net income of CA$1.123 billion for the period ended June 30, 2026, the company said in its August earnings…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (436+ words) Manulife Financial Corporation reported core earnings of C$1.9 billion for the second quarter of 2026, up 12% on a constant exchange rate basis from the same period last year. Core earnings per share rose 16% to C$1.09, and core return on equity climbed…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (651+ words) Insurance Business Fitch flags upgrade as Asteron prepares to become Acenda Life For brokers, the rating action signals something larger than a name change The insurer that advisers across New Zealand currently place a significant portion of personal risk business…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (488+ words) The UK bulk purchase annuity (BPA) market is drawing closer regulatory scrutiny and fresh questions about asset risk, but a scenario analysis by S&P Global Ratings concludes that BPA insurers' capital positions would hold even under severe private credit…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (474+ words) CRC Benefits, a division of CRC Group and one of the nation's leading general agencies, has added Forrest Breeding (pictured) as benefits sales executive, ancillary, based in Denver, Colorado. In the role, Breeding will partner with brokers and their clients…...