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Insurers recover from slump, head for banner year

By Ted P. Torres | November 9, 2015 - 9:00am

The Insurance Commission (IC) sees the Philippine insurance industry booking a record premium income this year as it recovers...

Banking

Micro pre-need products ready by yearend, says IC

By Ted P. Torres | September 1, 2015 - 10:00am

The Insurance Commission (IC) and the pre-need companies are working on introducing micro pre-need products by the end of 2015.

Business

Prudential retains top spot in non-life insurance

By Ted P. Torres | March 17, 2015 - 12:00am

Prudential Guarantee and Assurance Inc. (Prudential Guarantee) has retained top spot in terms of net premium written (NPW) among the country’s 70 non-life insurance companies in 2014. From P3.19 billion in...

Banking

Insurers blast proposed hike in fees, charges

By Ted P. Torres | April 1, 2014 - 12:00am

The country’s insurance industry is strongly opposing the proposed consolidation of fees and charges of the Insurance Commission (IC), which increases the present levels by as much as 200 percent, as well as...

Banking

IC starts microinsurance dispute framework

August 6, 2013 - 12:00am

The Insurance Commission (IC) has signed a circular to implement the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Microinsurance (ADReM) framework.

Banking

IC sees 25% expansion in gross premiums this year

By Ted P. Torres | June 17, 2013 - 12:00am

The Insurance Commission (IC) is forecasting a minimum 25-percent expansion in gross premium income of the country’s life insurance industry this year.

Business

More foreign insurers entering local market

By Ted P. Torres | April 30, 2013 - 12:00am

The country’s insurance industry is now like a magnet, as a number of global-scaled insurers are making a beeline to get regulatory approvals.

Banking

Philam Life in talks with former AIG CEO

By Ted P. Torres | February 9, 2013 - 12:00am

The Philippine American Life and General Insurance Co. (Philam Life) said it had talks with  Maurice “Hank” R. Greenberg, the former CEO of insurance giant American International Group (AIG), when...

Business

Greenberg, foreign investors eye non-life insurers

By Ted P. Torres | January 22, 2013 - 12:00am

Former American International Group (AIG) chief executive Maurice Raymond “Hank” Greenberg is in the Philippines, reportedly with an appetite to acquire a domestic non-life insurance company.

Banking

YEARENDER: Insurance Industry posts strong growth in ’12

By Ted P. Torres | December 25, 2012 - 12:00am

Seemingly unperturbed by a looming increase in their required capital, the country’s insurers managed to post strong growth in their bread-and-butter premium income this year.

Business