WE refer to the letters "Baffled by insurance coverage rule" (The Star, Aug 20), "It pays to understand insurance"(The Star, Aug 25), "Make changes to benefit the consumers" (The Star, Aug 27) and "Motor insurance policy 101" (The Star, Aug 28). Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM) welcomes the comments of the writers and would like to clarify some of the issues highlighted. As rightly pointed, [...]
Kuala Lumpur, 13 August 2015 – The General Insurance Association of Malaysia (PIAM) reported that the general insurance industry grew by 2.3% to RM 9.07 billion in gross written premiums from January to June 2015 compared with the same period last year. PIAM highlighted that this half yearly growth rate was at a [...]
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PIAM is pleased to organize the inaugural Marine Insurance Knowledge Seminar (MIKS) on 4 August 2015. Aligned to its theme, Loss Prevention & Risk Management in Marine Cargo Insurance, MIKS will discuss the current issues posing new challenges to the marine insurance fraternity and the industry at large. It aims to gather industry’s marine insurance practitioners and other [...]
Kuala Lumpur, 13 July 2015 - According to the General Road Accident Data in Malaysia (1997 – 2014), road accidents in Malaysia have increased significantly over the past 10 years with 476,196 accidents in 2014 compared to 326,815 accidents in 2004, an increase of 46% or 149,381 cases. Since 2000, the number of [...]
Is Malaysia ready for the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC)? PIAM and LIAM collaborate with the ASEAN Insurance Council (AIC) to raise awareness on the AEC and provide insurers a platform to prepare for the open market KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA, 22 MAY 2015 – The ASEAN Insurance Council (AIC) has taken a lead role [...]
28 April 2015 - Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM) re-elected Mr. Chua Seck Guan as its Chairman at the Association’s 37th Annual General Meeting held on 21 April 2015. Mr. Chua who is the Chief Executive Officer of MSIG Insurance (Malaysia) Bhd said that he was privileged to continue serving as Chairman of [...]
Kuala Lumpur, 26 March 2015 - The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be implemented effective 1 April 2015. To help policyholders better understand how GST will impact their general insurance policies, the General Insurance Association of Malaysia has listed down some commonly asked questions explaining how GST implementation may affect their general [...]
Kuala Lumpur, 26 March 2015 - The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be implemented effective 1 April 2015. To help policyholders better understand how GST will impact their general insurance policies, the General Insurance Association of Malaysia has listed down some commonly asked questions explaining how GST implementation may affect their general [...]
