Insurance & Pensions
Farid Eid Filho, President, ACE Seguradora Brazil
ACE Brazil’s story is one of growth. With a key focus over the last 10 years on the strong property, marine and casualty insurance markets, the company has built success upon success. President Farid Eid Filho discusses his plans for the future, from developing ACE’s market share in the burgeoning automobile insurance market to reaching out to potential new clients online.
November 18, 2011
Insurance & Pensions
Winju Angsunit, Assistant Managing Director, Viriyah Insurance
Over the past six decades Viriyah has provided the notoriously tough Thailand insurance market with integrated non-life insurance services. Winju Angsunit discusses how the market will have to evolve in the future, and what good business meant to Viriyah’s founder.
November 9, 2011
Insurance & Pensions
Oliver Cheng, Chairman, Fubon Life Insurance
Fubon Life Insurance has enjoyed considerable success since its merger with ING Life Taiwan two years ago, swiftly leveraging the synergies and complementary advantages of the two companies to achieve astonishing growth in the middle of the financial crisis. Oliver Cheng outlines the company’s latest initiatives.
November 8, 2011
Insurance & Pensions
Robert Lang, Managing Director, HSBC Insurance Businesses Hong Kong
The HSBC brand has long focused on Asia and other emerging markets to secure strong and sustainable growth; in 2010 for example, Hong Kong alone contributed five percent of the group’s profits. Robert Lang discusses how HSBC Insurance is responding to the challenges presented by the still thriving city-state.
November 7, 2011
Insurance & Pensions
Ruben Wenselaar, CFO and CIO, Menzis
Menzis’ not-for-profit remit and governance structure – its only shareholders are its two million clients – gives it a particular focus on long-term decision-making and sustainability. Ruben Wenselaar explains the company’s mission and how its engagement policy helps it succeed.
October 27, 2011
Insurance & Pensions
Michel de la Belliere, EMEA Solvency II Lead Partner; Rick Lester, UK Solvency II Lead Partner; Francesco Nagari, Global IFRS Lead Partner, Deloitte UK
Solvency II, the new solvency regime for European insurers and reinsurers, comes into force in January 2013. Messrs de la Belliere, Lester and Nagari explore the implications for the financial industries.
August 12, 2011
Insurance & Pensions
Hussein Mohammed Al Meeza, Managing Director and CEO, AMAN Insurance Co
AMAN Insurance is one of the leading lights of Islamic insurance, growing its start capital of AED60m to AED200m in just seven years. CEO Mr Al Meeza outlines its areas of success.
May 17, 2011
Insurance & Pensions
Maria Bianca Farina, CEO, and Claudio Raimondi, Marketing Manager, Poste Vita
As Poste Vita receives the World Finance Insurance Award in Italy for the third year in a row, CEO Maria Bianca Farina explains the company’s new target areas for growth, and outlines the birth of Poste Assicura.
January 14, 2011
Insurance & Pensions
Hendrisman Rahim, CEO, Asuransi Jiwasraya, and Parikesit Suprapto, Deputy Minister, State-Owned Companies
Asuransi Jiwasraya is Indonesia’s oldest life insurance company. World Finance hears how it continues to innovate its programmes to stay ahead of the field.
December 15, 2010
Insurance & Pensions
David Fried, Group GM and Group Head of Insurance, HSBC
We talk to HSBC Insurance’s David Fried on the company’s status as one of the world’s leading bancassurers, its work in emerging markets, and how it plans to develop its products for the world’s aging population.
October 27, 2010