The Philippines' state insurer gets a new chief in Beverly Lorraine Ho, Chief Health Officer of Ayala Healthcare Holdings and a former Department of Health (DOH) official. She was appointed as the new President and CEO of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp (PhilHealth), according to a presidential spokesman.
Philippine Insurance Commissioner Reynaldo Regalado has been placed under preventive suspension by the country's graftbuster following a complaint filed by an insurance firm.
The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS), a state-run social insurance institution in the Philippines, has released PHP27.29bn ($443.7m) in microloans to 463,608 active government employees under its Ginhawa lending programme.
AIA Philippines and MediCard have launched Group Life + HMO, an employee benefits plan that combines life insurance and healthcare coverage.
The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP), the largest employers' group in the Philippines, has backed Executive Secretary Ralph Recto's proposal to expand benefit packages for direct contributing members of the country's state insurer, PhilHealth.
Sun Life Philippines has announced that 100 of its financial advisors have successfully completed an exclusive delivery of the Chartered Trust and Estate Planner (CTEP) programme, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to elevating expertise within its high-net-worth advisory team.
MSIG Asia has appointed Mr Ronak Shah as Regional CEO, effective 1 October 2026. In addition to leading the insurer's operations across Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, India and Oceania, Mr Shah will assume regional leadership responsibility for Mainland China, Taiwan and Korea.
Willis, a WTW business, has announced the appointment of Mr Oliver Pryce as Head of Corporate Risk and Broking Southeast Asia; and the promotion of Mr Rupert Roberts to the role of Chief Commercial Officer, Asia. Both appointments are effective 4 January 2027.
AI12, a specialist (re)insurance broker, has appointed Mr Alfie Langley as Head of Cyber.
The Philippine pre-need industry saw its total net worth increase by 12.18% to PHP32.36bn ($528m) at the end of the first quarter of 2026, from PHP28.84bn recorded in the same period last year.