Insurance Supervisory Authority
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Mergers & Acquisitions
Shinhan Financial acquires BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance
Shinhan Financial Group has acquired BNP Paribas Cardif General Insurance, the non-life insurance unit of French banking group BNP Paribas in a move...
Nov 01, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pharmaceuticals
High-priced drugs add to pressure for Korea's healthcare reform
A number of new rare disease treatments, approved in South Korea over the past year, are still unaffordable for the public because of their price ta...
Sep 15, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Covid-19 treatment
Brazil gives emergency use nod for Celltrion’s COVID-19 treatment
South Korean drugmaker Celltrion Inc. has added Brazil to the list of countries that have granted emergency use approval for its COVID-19 treatment ...
Aug 13, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Pension funds
NPS to speed up under $100 mn alternative investments
The National Pension Service (NPS) has revised internal regulations to authorize its working-level officials to proceed with deals worth less than $...
Jul 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Biosimilars
Celltrion, Samsung Bioepis anticipate increased biosimilar sales in Europe
South Korean biosimilar companies such as Celltrion Inc. and Samsung Bioepis Co. are likely to see their sales hike by tens of millions of dollars...
Jul 12, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Cigna seeks to enter Korea's digital non-life insurance market
The US insurance group Cigna looks set to become the first foreign insurer on South Korea's digital non-life insurance platform, with an aim to crac...
Jun 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Artificial intelligence
Coupang fire may cut ROI of warehouse assets
Last week’s devastating fire at a Coupang distribution center, which reportedly burned down more than 16 million items for delivery, is expect...
Jun 22, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
Kakao enters insurance sector for synergy with its online platforms
Kakao Corp.’s ambition to become an insurer is gradually becoming a reality. The platform giant’s application to start an insurance busi...
Jun 11, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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ESG investing
Korean insurers finance Carlyle's $2 bn deal with ESG debt
South Korean life insurers have made an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-themed investment in The Carlyle Group's €2 billion ($2.4 bi...
Jun 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Healthcare
National health insurance to cover dental startup AIOBIO’s QLF device
AIOBIO’s dental diagnostic devices will be covered by South Korea’s national health insurance from June 1. AIOBIO is the country’s...
May 31, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternative investments
Korean insurers may write down $1.1 bn in global alternatives
South Korea’s 36 insurance companies have invested a combined 70 trillion won ($63 billion) in overseas alternative investments as of the end ...
Feb 23, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Leadership & Management
Korea Post names new CIOs of savings, insurance arms
Korea Post has appointed new chief investments officers of both its savings and insurance units, in an internal reshuffle of senior managers at the ...
Feb 09, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Logistics
Hyundai Glovis, Ulsan Port Authority to build logistics center in Ho Chi Minh City
South Korea’s Hyundai Glovis Co. and a local port authority will build a logistic center in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City to use it as a di...
Jan 14, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Trade insurance
Seoul to offer $3 bn credit insurance on Saudi's megaprojects
Korea Trade Insurance Corp. (K-Sure) has agreed to provide $3 billion in trade credit insurance to Saudi Arabia to help South Korean companies win o...
Jan 08, 2021 (Gmt+09:00)
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Alternatives
Korean insurers, Shinhan Alternative commit $130 mn in KKR CMBS fund
South Korea's insurers along with Shinhan Alternative Investment Management Inc. have committed $130 million in the real estate stabilized credit (RES...
Oct 23, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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M&A
Insurance giant AXA seeks buyers for a 100% stake in Korean AXA General
AXA, a French multinational insurance group, is keen to sell a 100% stake in its South Korean operation, AXA General Insurance Co., according to indus...
Aug 19, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Private equity
Foreign insurers’ Korean units likely up for sale on tougher rules, falling profits
Following in the footsteps of Prudential Financial Inc., foreign insurance companies are expected to put their Korean units up for sale to meet tighte...
Aug 11, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Joblessness rate
Korea’s July jobless claims hit $1 bn; insurance funds’ deficit to widen
South Korea's jobless claims payments topped 1 trillion won ($842 million) for the third consecutive month in July, threatening to widen the shortfall...
Aug 10, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
US insurer Cigna’s Korean unit says no decision yet on its possible sale
LINA Life Insurance Co., wholly owned by the US life insurance group Cigna, said on August 6 that its parent group has not made a decision to sell the...
Aug 06, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Reinsurance
Carlyle to enter Korea’s reinsurance market with Korean Re for embattled insurers
The Carlyle Group has joined hands with Korean Re, the largest reinsurer in South Korea, to become the first co-reinsurance providers in a market esti...
Aug 04, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Insurance
US insurer Cigna to put Korean life insurance arm up for sale
The US life insurance group Cigna has recently decided to put its South Korean insurance unit on the market and hired Goldman Sachs as the sale manage...
Jul 24, 2020 (Gmt+09:00)
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Prudential Financial
Prudential seeks to sell Korean insurance arm in estimated $2 bn deal
Prudential Financial Inc. has put its South Korean life insurance arm on the market, as the US insurance giant is seeking to shed part of overseas ass...
Dec 03, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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GEPS picks insurance asset management veteran as CIO
The Government Employees Pension Service (GEPS) has picked Won-joo Seo, a former chief investment officer of PCA Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (currently, M...
May 14, 2019 (Gmt+09:00)
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Hanwha insurance arms net $75 mn from City of London property sale
Two insurance units of South Korea’s Hanwha Group have earned about £57.4 million ($75 million) in capital gains from its £159.2 million investment in...
Jun 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean credit cooperatives picks seasoned insurance asset manager as CIO
MG Korean Federation of Community Credit Cooperatives, which manages $50 billion of assets, named Sang-hun Kim, a former managing director and head of...
Mar 28, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Construction workers’ fund, insurer in $123 mn deal to buy Denver building
The Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (CWMA) and a South Korean insurance firm have invested 60 billion won ($56 million) in a 132 billion w...
Mar 19, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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POBA, Korean insurers to buy $255 mn stake in UK motorway operator
South Korean retirement funds and insurance companies, including the Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), are set to buy a 20% stake in th...
Mar 06, 2018 (Gmt+09:00)
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Dongbu insurance arms to commit $40 mn to farmland/timberland fund
Two insurance units of South Korea’s Dongbu Group will commit 45 billion won ($40 million) to a timberland and farmland fund managed by Boston-based...
Oct 19, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $118 mn in US power generation portfolio debt
Five South Korean insurance companies have invested $118 million in senior debt of a portfolio of six US thermal power facilities, which are expected ...
Sep 05, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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Korean insurers invest $160 mn in debt of Facebook-leased NY property
A group of South Korean insurance firms have invested 180 billion won ($160 million) in mezzanine debt secured on two interconnected buildings in New ...
Aug 28, 2017 (Gmt+09:00)
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