Insurtech
GHL Ties up With Loanstreet to Offer Online Road Tax and Insurance Renewal
Payments firm GHL has expanded its service offerings to include road tax and vehicle insurance renewal service with a recent tie up with Loanstreet, a Malaysian financial market place. On the heels of the launch of GROW by GHL, offering
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AIA Begins Regional Tie Up with ZA Tech in Malaysia
AIA Group has announced a regional strategic digital technology partnership with ZA Tech, a tech venture founded by Chinese digital insurer ZhongAn. The initial focus will be Malaysia, where AIA General Bhd announced a new digital insurance plan sold through Shopee,
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360F and FI Life Launches Personalised Advisory for Insurance and Investment Plans
Singapore-based fintech company 360F and Fi Life, a Kuala Lumpur-based insurtech, have collaborated to introduce the new 360-NeedsProfiler to the Malaysian market. This online tool allows users to self-discover their financial needs based on Malaysian demographic and mortality data and
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Tune Protect Names AXA Affin Life’s Ex-CEO, Rohit Nambiar As Their New Group CEO
Tune Protect Group Berhad today announced the appointment of Rohit Chandrasekharan Nambiar as its Group Chief Executive Officer effective 14 October 2020. Rohit takes over the helm from Khoo Ai Lin who resigned on 31 July 2020. In his new
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Fi Life to Tap Kakitangan.com’s SME Base to Offer Insurance to 50,000 Employees
Fi Life will be offering direct life protection for users of the Kakitangan.com’s payroll and leave management web app which is said to serve more than 5,000 SMEs and 50,000 employees. Through the Kakitangan.com’s web app, users are now able
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Boost Expands Digital Insurance Services Following US$70M Investment from Great Eastern
Axiata Digital’s e-wallet Boost has introduced a suite of affordable and accessible micro insurance/takaful coverage under ‘Boost Protect’. This new feature available under the ‘Insurance’ tile in the app marks Boost’s foray into expanding the use of its e-wallet beyond
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Fi Life Introduces New 10 to 30-Year Level Term Life Insurance Policies
Fi Life announced the expansion of its existing 20-year level term life insurance policy to 10-year, 15-year, 25-year and 30-year level terms. These level term policies underwritten by Tokio Marine Life Insurance Malaysia Bhd is in addition to the yearly
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Finology Lands Partnership with Zurich for Road Tax and Motor Insurance Renewal Services
Over two million Malaysian road taxes remain expired since the Road Transport Department (JPJ) counters closed during the Movement Control Order (MCO). In an effort to help address this as well as Malaysia’s alarming number of uninsured vehicles on the
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Boost and Aspirasi Launches Micro-Insurance Underwritten by Great Eastern Life Assurance
Axiata Digital’s e-wallet Boost and its digital financing platform Aspirasi announced today the launch of “Aspirasi Protect” – a microinsurance plan which provides affordable, accessible and on-demand protection to Malaysians. This new insurance product is underwritten by Great Eastern Life.
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PolicyStreet Raises RM 7.8 Million Series A Round Led by KK Fund
During the height of the COVID-19 crisis, PolicyStreet, a Malaysian insurtech company opened its fundraising exercise to the angel network via equity crowfunding platform PitchIN. The startup closed its campaign earlier than scheduled after achieving more than 500% of the
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