Bangkok, Oct. 17 -- Thailand's Office of the Insurance Commission (OIC) is launching a new strategic roadmap to strengthen Thailand's non-life insurance sector, aiming to address rising disaster risks and the growing challenges of an ageing population.

The Bangkok Post cited Chuchatr Pramoolpol, Secretary-General of the OIC, as saying that the fifth Insurance Development Plan (2026-2030) envisions an insurance system that serves as a pillar of national economic resilience and risk management, ensuring the industry can effectively respond to emerging domestic and global challenges.

These challenges include the impacts of climate change and increasingly severe natural disasters, transition to a super-aged society, and the accelerating dig...