Insurance

Manulife Investment Management takes a multipronged look at the role of sustainable investing and ESG analysis in its latest Global Intelligence report

* Examines the risks of failing to incorporate ESG factors into macroeconomic forecasts * Offers perspectives on how biodiversity and ESG considerations have and will continue to affect sustainable investing and valuations * Discusses how sustainability is driving new sources of value creati...

2021-07-30 11:23 2766

Manulife Investment Management takes a multipronged look at the role of sustainable investing and ESG analysis in its latest Global Intelligence report

* Examines the risks of failing to incorporate ESG factors into macroeconomic forecasts * Offers perspectives on how biodiversity and ESG considerations have and will continue to affect sustainable investing and valuations * Discusses how sustainability is driving new sources of value creati...

2021-07-30 11:21 3032

Manulife Investment Management takes a multipronged look at the role of sustainable investing and ESG analysis in its latest Global Intelligence report

* Examines the risks of failing to incorporate ESG factors into macroeconomic forecasts * Offers perspectives on how biodiversity and ESG considerations have and will continue to affect sustainable investing and valuations * Discusses how sustainability is driving new sources of value creati...

2021-07-30 11:19 2465

Manulife Investment Management takes a multipronged look at the role of sustainable investing and ESG analysis in its latest Global Intelligence report

* Examines the risks of failing to incorporate ESG factors into macroeconomic forecasts * Offers perspectives on how biodiversity and ESG considerations have and will continue to affect sustainable investing and valuations * Discusses how sustainability is driving new sources of value creati...

2021-07-30 11:15 2713

Ping An-Shionogi Joint Venture Launched in Shanghai, Expanding Footprint in Healthcare Industry

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company ofChina, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or the "Group", HKEX: 2318; SSE: 601318) announced that Ping An-Shionogi Co., Ltd. (Ping An-Shionogi), a joint venture between Ping An and Shionogi & Co., Ltd., has been laun...

2021-07-29 15:45 13388

Ping An Launches Pilot of Digital RMB Insurance Policies with Bank of China in Shenzhen

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An Insurance (Group) Company ofChina, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or the "Group", HKEX: 2318; SSE: 601318) announced that Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company ofChina, Ltd. has issued the first batch of digital RMB insurance polici...

2021-07-28 16:40 13391

Manulife enhances MOVE app to help make healthy habits stick

* New 'Self-Set Target' lets customers set goals, achieve streaks, and earn rewards fromAsia's leading health, wellness, and lifestyle brands. * This includes a subscription to Centr—a digital health and fitness program curated by Chris Hemsworth—available to ManulifeMOVE customers inHong Kong...

2021-07-27 11:00 2241

Manulife Hong Kong joins hands with Hong Kong Baptist Hospital to strengthen health solutions offering

HONG KONG, July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife Hong Kong announced a partnership with Hong Kong Baptist Hospital (HKBH) today to expand its health solutions and network of healthcare providers. To meet the growing demand for convenient, high quality and affordable medical services, the new col...

2021-07-26 12:25 4004

Cigna Study Shows Improvement in Vaccine Acceptance in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, July 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cigna Hong Kong released today the Hong Kong findings of the latest COVID-19 Vaccine Perception Study . This report is the third and final chapter of a three-part series,...

2021-07-26 12:13 9230

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions to bolster International Programs leadership

ZURICH, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Swiss Re Corporate Solutions strengthens its International Programs leadership by appointingWilliam Porter as Head International Programs Americas andReto Collenberg as Head International Programs APAC and EMEA, both effective 1 August. Together they will ...

2021-07-23 00:09 2412

YAS MicroInsurance, a Hong Kong-based InsurTech startup Featured in the TOP 10 of Plug and Play Insurtech Batch 5 startups

HONG KONG, July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In recent years, the rise of InsurTech has tremendously boosted the creativity and room for improvement of the new age insurance industry. As aHong Kong-based next-generation InsurTech company startup, YAS MicroInsurance has been featured as one of the TOP...

2021-07-22 09:47 3102

Insurtech Leader Ethos Raises $100 Million from SoftBank Vision Fund 2

SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Just two short months after announcing a$200 million Series D round that took its valuation to $2 billion, Ethos, the insurtech leader that's transforming the life insurance space, has raised an additional$100 million in capital. The new investment fro...

2021-07-21 20:02 2795

Manulife to Release Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

C$ unless otherwise stated                                            TSX/NYSE/PSE: MFC     SEHK: 945 TORONTO, July 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Manulife Financial Corporation will release its second quarter 2021 financial results after market close on Wednesday, August 4, 2021, which will be made a...

2021-07-21 20:00 15902

Solera to Acquire ENData

Acquisition will extend Solera's global leadership in data and technology-enabled claims management solutions WESTLAKE, TX, July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Solera Holdings, Inc. ("Solera"), a global leader in risk and asset management data and software solutions for the insurance and automotive in...

2021-07-19 19:00 2744

Transamerica Life Bermuda Releases Updated Guide to High Net Worth Life Insurance

HONG KONG, July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Transamerica Life (Bermuda) Ltd. (TLB), a leading High Net Worth (HNW) life insurer, in partnership with Hubbis (HK) Limited ("Hubbis"), announced the release of the updated"Guide to HNW Life Insurance - a Practical Handbook for Financial Advisors 2021" ("...

2021-07-19 15:35 2423

AXA launches "SmartStudent Overseas" to provide comprehensive protection for overseas studies

Hong Kong, July 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA Hong Kong and Macau ("AXA") is pleased to announce the launch of "SmartStudent Overseas" to provide comprehensive protection for students studying abroad with home-to-home coverage, even during internship, working part-time or going on excursions. "Sm...

2021-07-19 14:01 2917

Qwalker, a Fitness App Built by First Life Insurance and TPIsoftware, Leads the Smart Health Trend in Taiwan

TAIPEI, July 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- First Life Insurance collaborated with TPIsoftware to build a health and fitness mobile app Qwalker, a step tracker featuring gamification and interactivity with rewards, turning exercise into fun games. Qwalker not only gamifies health habits but also safegu...

2021-07-16 11:11 3514

Ping An's First UCITS Umbrella Fund Obtains SFC Mutual Recognition for Public Offering in Hong Kong

HONG KONG and SHANGHAI, July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. (PAAMC HK), has obtained mutual recognition authorized by Securities and Futures Commission ofHong Kong (SFC) for the public offering of its first Undertakings for Collective Investment i...

2021-07-15 19:08 45073

Cigna International finds community spirit and duty to society top driver of COVID-19 vaccine uptake

Key research findings: * Vaccine acceptance continues to improve – steady increase in vaccine acceptance, 69% up from 63% in three months * Urgency has increased – those waiting to get a vaccination until more people have had their first one dropped 8% in three months, from 50% to 42% * Vac...

2021-07-15 15:30 46207

Qwalker, a Fitness App Built by First Life Insurance and TPIsoftware, Aims to Lead the Smart Health Trend in Taiwan

TAIPEI, July 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- First Life Insurance collaborated with TPIsoftware to build a health and fitness mobile app Qwalker, a step tracker featuring gamification and interactivity with rewards, turning exercise into fun games. Qwalker not only gamifies health habits but also safegu...

2021-07-14 11:11 2889