Even insurance sector is on hiring spree.According to Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, job seekers can expect to benefit from an active hiring pace in the next three months, according to employers who ...

Group margin dipped by 5bps to 1.70%.While OCBC’s life insurance and wealth management business was strong in 4Q, the banking business suffered from margin pressure and lower market-related fee income. Margins ...

But single premiums dropped 11%.According to Life Insurance Association Singapore, four back-to-back quarters of growth has strengthened the life insurance industry last year. Insurers received a total ...

Higher premium products sales surged 30%.According to OCBC, Great Eastern Holding’s (GEH) 4Q12 net profit (S$226m) was strong thanks to the stronger-than-expected momentum of overall profits from insurance ...

This week, I tried to find out how car insurance is calculated. I made some amazing discoveries. For example, did you know insurance buildings have all night security? And that telling security guards ...

Non-life contracted by 0.8%. According to the Swiss Re study "Global re/insurance review 2012 and outlook 2013/14", life insurance premiums in emerging Asia will rebound in 2013, growing by about ...

It's a powerhouse of 500 offices.According to Phillip Securities, UOB Ltd provides a wide range of financial services including banking, insurance, and asset management. Its main operations are in Southeast ...

Hong Kong also has the lowest percentage of retirees who own insurance.The world's ageing population continues to expand, as scientific and medical advancement enables people to live longer. This presents ...

Earnings forecast dipped by 1-6%.According to Nomura, OCBC’s contributions from trading income, insurance related earnings and asset quality have been outperforming expectations this year.Here's more from ...

This is the first in Singapore.According to a release, OCBC Bank has launched Singapore’s first mortgage insurance plan – Mortgage Protector Advantage (MPA) – that allows the customer to pay annual premiums, ...

It just shrugged off the slower loans.According to DBS, insurance contribution rebounded thanks to improved non-par fund profits from better market conditions.Here's more from DBS:Wealth management revenue ...

Sold premiums reached a total of $1,608.1m.According to the Life Insurance Association Singapore, the industry achieved a total of $1,608.1 million in weighted new business premiums for the first nine ...

Insurance, manufacturing and retail sectors were biggest losers.According to a government release, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from 3.2% in June-August to 3.3% in July-September, while ...

Here are the stories from around the web that Singaporeans are talking about including the 'skeleton dog'.Singapore’s health insurance scheme will soon cover more people and treatments. Read about it here ...

A lot of Singaporeans decline mortgage insurance, and mostly because of the sales pitch. I mean, here you are taking on a lifetime debt, and they’re next to you whispering: “Bet you die before you pay ...

MAS will accept comments on the Risk-Based Capital framework for insurance business till 25 August 2012.The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released a consultation paper on the review of the Risk-Based ...

MAS will accept comments on the Risk-Based Capital framework for insurance business till 25 August 2012.The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) released a consultation paper on the review of the Risk-Based ...

Car insurance premiums are fun and easy to calculate, assuming you have a PhD in accounting. Seriously though, there are huge differences in premiums, even between one owner and the next. This is because ...