Life insurance premiums in Indonesia have been growing faster than non-life for a decade. The Life Insurance Association (Asosiasi Asuransi Jiwa Indonesia, AAJI) estimates that there are around 33.2m policyholders nationwide, of which 9.3m have individual policies. There is room to expand the pool of 16.75m existing life insurance clients, which has...
How prepared is BI to tolerate the appreciation of the rupiah? What steps are you taking to maintain the balance between growth and inflation?
The country’s regulator for the capital markets, Bapepam, has developed and carried out a series of master plans that will guide and pace the development of the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) and other local financial platforms. The current master plan, which was introduced in October 2010 and addresses 2010-14 period, begins with a reflection on...
The large low-income consumer market has become a testing ground for many industries in Indonesia, and insurance is no exception. The microinsurance segment, although still marginal relative to the industry as a whole, has recently been attracting the attention of mainstream underwriters in this regard. With over half of Indonesia’s population...
THE COMPANY: Aneka Tambang (ANTM) is a vertically integrated, export-oriented, diversified mining and metal company in Indonesia. It is a state-owned enterprise in which the government is a majority shareholder, with 65% of the shares. The remaining 35% shares belong to public investors. The company does...
Home to the world’s largest Muslim population, Indonesia is in theory fertile territory for the development of Islamic finance, the practice of lending, investment, finance and insurance without interest rates or speculation. Still, in the South-east Asian region, it is neighbouring Muslim-majority Malaysia, which is a fraction of the size of...
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