Relates to numerous developments within the industry that may have some impact on consumerism. You need to read but need not have to understand fully… meaning read between the lines and then write us a two, three liners.
Share Introducing the latest SKIM AMANAH RAKYAT (SARA) 1MALAYSIA The Malaysian government has just launched the Skim Amanah Rakyat (SARA) 1Malaysia, which is offering a 32.16% return per annum on your investment…. something too good to be true perhaps that’s what you would be thinking. You probably wouldn’t be able to find any investment vehicles in the market right now providing such a high return on investment. How does this scheme works? SARA 1Malaysia is a...
Share Are you an insurance agent? Do you know what your roles are in as far as the governing laws are concerned? This may be of interest to you. Insurance agents must take their role as contracted personnel of an insurer and that someone who solicits and connects a policyholder with the insurer. Therefore the agent has a contractual responsibility to both insurer and policyholder and their representation has heavy legal weightage. The Malaysian...
Share New Motor Insurance Premium Framework | How are your motor insurance premium computed and How much more are you going to pay for your motor insurance in 2012? Get the answers here…. In case you do not know, starting this 16th January 2012 the Malaysian Insurance industry will be imposing some small increases to your existing motor insurance premium. These prescribed increases are applicable for the year 2012 but with gradual increases till 2016 when...
Share In US and Europe markets it is already a common thing for insurers to check various information of individual by “snooping” on to the social media platforms as a form of intelligence gathering. Insurers use of social media for anti-fraud purposes is no more a violation of privacy than the way other companies use such information for marketing and other purposes. The problem is that the concept of what is public and private has changed, and...
Share This posting is about Legal Liability to Passengers (LLP) or in simple term, “Passenger Liability” – talks about what’s being covered and what’s not, including the insurers’ obligation under the Road Transport Act (RTA) to cover passenger liability in identified situation and circumstances. When I first wrote a posting on Passenger liability: Your kids are not covered……. a year ago little did I know there would be more than 1,600 over hits on...
Share Issues of non-disclosure, concealment or misrepresentation of Material Facts A common confrontational piece between insurer and assured - in the guise of non-disclosure, misrepresentation or concealment of material facts, which in this case (outlined below) under discussed here was about the health aspects of the life assured. She bought the insurance without declaring that she has anemia….. there was no medical checkup since sum assured was below the threshold. She subsequently passed away due to a heart attack, nothing...
Share National Motor Insurance Assists for all to be set up under the New National Motor Insurance Framework? Setting up a National Motor Insurance Claims Assists Center for the purpose of providing prompt services immediately at the time of accident…. Perhaps this is a great idea or maybe just something the industry needs to do to get some small increases in Motor Insurance premium come 2012? Couple of days ago Telekom Malaysia made a presentation to...
Share Letters to the EDITOR @ New Straits Times I read the following letter with interest, therefore I have to put in some comments…. The following are some main pointers we can zoom into: The policy was cancelled with forged authorisation and the party who did it has no reason doing so…. that’s what was being perceived…. No notification was ever served on Pragasam before the cancellation but is this because the “last known...
Share How To Determine The Market Value of Your Motor Vehicle For Insurance? Check no further…. read this; it is from the Central Bank, The Consumer & Market Conduct Department…. Insurers and Takaful operators must ensure that they (including their agency channel) provide the necessary market value advisory services in respect of advising their customers (those within the CONSUMERS category) on the correct value to insure. Customers should be given the necessary advices along...
Share A Podcasting Affair On DurianFM.com….. “Not For Anyone” It is not everyday you get to share your views LIVE over the radio – sharing the various tips and matters of interest with the public on thing concerning insurance…. insurance talk to be exact. Of course we did stray out of the main topics, but that’s according to desire (or was it whim and fancy….) of our host, Andrew Chia the MONEY MAN. Talking...
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