Insurance companies have been developing their social media networks. Tencent has upped the game by throwing its weight behind an insurance advisory service platform on WeChat.

Business-to-consumer ecosystems could turbo-charge the growth of insurance in Asia. Trouble is, partnerships often fizzle out due to insurers’ old-fashioned wiring and inflexible cultures. Time for a reboot.

International investors are entering the Chinese rental apartment market. They are encouraged by a business-to-consumer model and the possibility of a publicly traded Reit.

Who's Tom and who's Jerry? Taiwan's insurers get creative (again) in their quest for products that solve the sector’s continuing FX and interest rate mismatch.

Instead of hoping for the usual exit route of an IPO, backers of Singapore Life are aiming for a reasonable buyout in the future.

Hong Kong's looming risk-based capital regime is set to pose an even bigger investment challenge for local insurance firms than Solvency II has done in Europe.

Its fledgling insurance sector may only stretch to snake bite cover but Myanmar is set to open its doors to the big boys of global finance, and it could yet be the making of its bond market.

By enabling companies to make products more user-friendly and tailoring them better to client needs, fintech looks set to alter the insurance landscape in China, Alan Lau says.

The US retailer is backing a small digital firm as more consumers shop online for policies.

By easing foreign shareholding restrictions and divesting stakes in state-owned insurers, New Delhi hopes to overhaul India’s underperforming insurance sector.