Archive for March, 2009

BNM’s risk-based capital regime has benefitted industry

03.31.2009 · Posted in Insurance News

(via The Malaysian Reserve) by Habhajan Singh The central bank’s recommendation back in 2001 to establish prudential risk management standards has contributed to a significant strengthening of the life insurance sector, says the nation’s life insurance body. “Insurance companies are now very adequately capitalised based on the risks undertaken by the companies. “Risk management practices ...

AIG Malaysia’s Growth on Track

03.30.2009 · Posted in Insurance News, Personal Finance Tips

(THE EDGE) KUALA LUMPUR: Rob Ryan, AIG General Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd’s new chief executive officer, has assumed the crucial task of an effective communicator and salesman at a crucial time of the insurance giant’s history. This comes at a time when it is not unusual for market chatter to swirl around the fate of its ...

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Thieves Embrace Globalisation

03.29.2009 · Posted in Consumer & Safety Tip, Insurance News

Via PIAM A DECADE ago, Malaysian car theft syndicates sold stolen vehicles to local workshops, criminals and unsuspecting buyers. Now, they are busy filling the orders of foreign buyers from as far away as Sierra Leone and South Africa. Also involved are people who are not syndicate members, but brokers who match the suppliers to ...