Articles on insurance/takaful over the weekend

Some of the articles appearing in StarBizWeek Special on 8 August that may be worth reading:

Keeping abreast with changes: Various insurance chieftains touch on issues like financial planning, bancassurance, professionalism, sustainability of business and future challenges and growth drivers.

Innovation key to growth for takaful: Leaders of takaful industry talk on sustainability of takaful industry, liberalisation, bancatakaful, human capital and retakaful.

Linking markets with Islamic finance: Towards the end of the article, BNM governor mentions that the insurance industry has a long way to go and develop products for retirement, pension schemes, annuities and medical coverage. Professionalism and capitalisation need to be increased. There should be more mergers in the domestic sector and the need for setting up enabling infrastructure.

Source: The Star