Manulife has appointed Ms Bonnie Qiu as chief distribution officer, Asia, effective 19 August 2024 and Mr Rishi Srivastava as chief agency officer, Asia, also effective 19 August 2024. Both appointments are to Manulife's Asia distribution team.
Pan-Asian life insurer FWD was ranked number six in the 2024 Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) top 10 multinational companies rankings, for the third consecutive year.
The agency channel in Cambodia is generating more premiums as insurers try to reduce their dependence on the bancassurance channel.
India's top life insurer, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has partnered with strategy consultant A T Kearney to undertake an agency transformation project aimed at future-proofing its 1.4m agents to meet the rapidly evolving needs of customers.
Financial services agency, Terence Lau & Associates (TLA), plans to increase the size of its organisation in Singapore to meet the growing needs of the market.
Pru Life UK won the International Life Insurer of the Year- Philippines award for the fourth consecutive year at the Insurance Asia Awards 2024.
IndiaFirst Life Insurance has appointed Mr Sumeet Sahni as president and chief distribution officer - agency and alliances and Mr Varun Gupta as president and chief distribution officer - bancassurance.
Prudential has appointed Mr Pankaj Banerjee as group chief agency officer, effective 30 September 2024. In his new role, he will accelerate Prudential's technology-powered distribution strategy, with a focus on agency.
Sun Life has launched the "HNW Value-Added Service Ecosystem" to provide an extensive range of services tailored for high-net-worth (HNW) clients in Asia, focusing on health, enhancement, and value creation.
AIA Cambodia has underlined its long-term commitment to safeguarding the health and well-being of Cambodians with the release of AIA 100 Kapea, the Kingdom's first insurance plan to cover 100 critical illnesses and conditions.