SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a prolonged COVID-19 crisis, close to 60 percent of insurance planners are failing to survive their first year in business, data showed Wednesday. The life insurance planners hired by the nation’s 20 major life insurance companies showed an average registered settlement rate of 41.5 percent (based on the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean life insurance companies are launching mini-plans that come with affordable premiums and simple insurance policies to target young customers. The Korea Life Insurance Association said on Tuesday that mini-plans are becoming a new trend in the insurance industry. Normally, a life insurance plan requires customers to pay [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A new measure will require consumers to be provided with information of sudden changes in returns for variable life insurance funds via text message. The measure comes as critics have condemned the lack of information regarding fund returns, making it difficult for consumers to take active countermeasures. The Financial [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Twice as many exclusive licenses for insurance products were handed out in 2017 compared to the year prior, a record breaking number. The surge in what are essentially insurance product patents was caused by two factors: the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS17), and the government’s modification [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A report released on August 22 ranking the fourteen major life insurance companies by risk-based capital ratios showed four of the top five places occupied by foreign companies. Samsung Life Insurance held down second place with a 331.8 risk-based capital ratio (RBC), followed closely by Lina Life Insurance with [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) - A report showing the number of employees at seven major banks revealed that there were 4,076 fewer employees at the end of June compared to the same time last year. Of the 4,076 employees who either quit or were let go, 3,218 were temporary staff and the remaining 858 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A financial consumer organization warned more caution when dealing with foreign life insurance companies as they committed more financial frauds than Korean counterparts. According to the Korea Finance Consumer Federation (KFCF)’s analysis on the status of financial frauds including misappropriation of 24 life insurers for the past three years, [...]
SEOUL, Korea, April 22, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid a series of scandals involving insurance companies, another has burst out. This time it is life insurance companies most of which have not paid out benefits for suicide victims. Even though their insurance policies clearly promised they would pay even in the case of suicide, they [...]