Insurance industry nears 2010 premium targets (Vi t Nam News)
HA NOI One year after the country s accession to the WTO, non-life insurance providers have nearly met the Government s 2010 target of VND9 trillion (US$563 million) in premiums per year, said Viet Nam Insurance Association general secretary Phung Dac Loc.

China's BoCom to invest in life insurer -sources (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
SHANGHAI, Jan 15 - Bank of Communications , China's fifth-largest lender by assets, is in talks to buy into a mid-sized Chinese life insurer, sources close to the situation said on Tuesday, as Beijing will soon allow banks to invest in insurance companies.