With 1.4bn population each as of 2017, India and China are the🐲 most numerous countries out of the six forming the focus of this report. However, the two countries differ widely in terms of per capita GDP🍬, with that of China being more than twice that ...

In 2018, written premiums in Colombia rose by 4.9% nominally, 1.7% y/y in real te🍌rms, its lowest growth rate since 2013. At the same time, the rise of the value of written premꦇiums for 2018 was estimated at about 2% in real terms globally, according ...

Between 2014 and 2016, Brazil went through one of the biggest economic crises🎃 of its history, recovering only in 2017, gradually growing at an average rate of 1.1% between 2017 and H1 2018. The infrastructure sector was hit particularly hard by the ...

As the negative impact from the life produc🉐t restructuring continued to diminish, China’s insurance sector reported a stronger growth during Q4 2018. Total insurance premiums reached RMB 735.5bn in Q4, registering a y/y increase of 20.𝔉1%, about ...

As 🐓the ne🐭gative impact from the life product restructuring continued to diminish, China’s insurance sector reported a stronger growth during Q4 2018. Total insurance premiums reached RMB 735.5bn in Q4, registering a y/y increase of 20.1%, about ...

Construction was one of the sectors most affected b🦩y the 2015-2016 economic recession in ꦦBrazil. In 2018, despite the rebound of the economy, construction activity fell for a fifth year in a row, impaired by a high inventory of residential and ...

China is the world’s largest producer of steel, accounting for 51% of the global steel production in 2018, acc🍬ording to the World Steel Association. The data f💞rom China Iron and Steel Association (CISA) shows that in 2018, China produced more ...

The ch🎉emicals sector is one of the key pillars of the Chinese economy. It comprises five major subsectors – agricultural chemical𒆙s, basic chemicals, synthetic materials, coating and dyestuff, and special purpose chemicals. Over the past two ...

The Thai economy has been robust over the past few years and this has translated to higher incomes for the growing middle class𓄧. Thailand🎃 is also one of the fastest aging societies in Asia. Finally, insurance penetration in Thailand remained ...

Malaysia’s transport and storage sector contribut♏ed MYR 46.5bn (3.4%) of the country’s GDP inꦇ 2017. Between 2013 and 2017, the GDP share of the sector was flat at 3.4% to 3.5%. The sector contributed approximately 657,400 jobs or 4.5% of ...