Category Archives: Insurance

Investment Linked Policies

Some of the investment linked policies available in Malaysia included Prudential Malaysia’s Prulink & PruMyChild, Great Eastern Life’s AddVantage Plus & GreatLife Portfolio Insurance, Allianz Insurance’s Powerlink and others. The key to recognizing an investment linked policy is that the … Continue reading

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Group Insurance Schemes

This is a common question about group insurance schemes. “I am provided with a group insurance and group H&S (Hospitalization and Surgery) scheme by my employer. Isn’t that sufficient to cover me?” Group insurance is usually given as a basic … Continue reading

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The Importance of Insurance

Last December, a landslide hit several house in Ampang. This really brought forth the importance of insurance cover. We know of the those injured personally and seeing thing up close is different from reading tragedy in the news. There were … Continue reading

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Should I Buy Medical Insurance

Should I buy medical insurance when I’m already covered by my employer? This is a common question I get and I understand why you might ask it. There are 2 things on your mind. First, should I pay my own … Continue reading

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Investment Linked Funds Performance

Just went through the annul report for investment linked funds for 2007. This time, Prudential sent the annual report in CD format instead of a small thick book. Apparently, quite a few other insurance company also sent out CD versus … Continue reading

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Don’t Buy Insurance To Cover This

Folks, insurance tends to be a serious matter. Sometimes there is mistakes and humor involved. Now most of us recognize the importance of having different types of insurance cover for different risk i.e. life, medical, accident, fire etc. However, I … Continue reading

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Insurance – Not All The Same

Many people say that Malaysians in general don’t like to read. I don’t think that is accurate. More likely, we read what we like to read, but generally most people don’t like to read their insurance policies. Here are some … Continue reading

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Critical Illness Cover – Why You Need Sufficient

Over the past 4 to 5 years, most people in Malaysia especially in urban areas are well aware of having medical cover. The cost of even minor treatments in private hospitals are getting prohibitive for many where an appendix operation … Continue reading

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Children Need Medical Insurance Too

Many parents are concern about their children’s health. After all, it is not cheap for them to be admitted to hospital. But many think that their children won’t be affected by more serious illness. According to TheSun, every year 1,200 … Continue reading

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Young Cancer – 1200 Every Year!

This is an article I got from the Sun newspaper. Statistics from the National Cancer Registry reveal there are 1,200 cases of cancer in children every year. From 2003 to 2005, the five most common types of cancers among Malaysian … Continue reading

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