by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights of women.

The CHR said … Read the rest

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IN THE FACE of this worldwide financial meltdown, a life insurance company has to grapple with its own unique problems.

If you own a factory with a heavy loan on it, and … Read the rest

Amid a difficult environment marked by soaring prices of gas and food, the country’s pre-need industry reported a 21.4 percent drop in sales in the first six months of the year to P7.8 billion … Read the rest

Total premium collections registered by the country’s life insurance industry in 2007 reached P74.125 billion, up 34 percent from P55.3 billion in 2006.

Based on official figures released by the Insurance Commission recently, Philippine American … Read the rest

The chief of the state pension fund named companies that allegedly compose a cartel in a sector of the country’s insurance industry.

Winston Garcia, the president and general manager of Government Service Insurance System, or GSIS, on Wednesday … Read the rest

FACED with a tough economic environment and lingering public ill will caused by the failure of some of its big players, the pre-need industry may suffer a further shakeup, with some companies likely to fold … Read the rest

The country’s life insurers want the retention of the risk-based capital (RBC) framework but insists that the networth capital build-up formula be suspended.

The Philippine Life Insurance Association (PLIA) argues that majority of the 26-licensed life insurers have … Read the rest