Join us on November 19, 2025, 6:00PM at Glorietta 4 Cinema 1 for a magical evening that goes beyond the screen. All proceeds go to PIC’s chosen charitable institutions and in Collaboration with PAMI Cares. Making every ticket count for good! Enjoy the newly renovated Glorietta Cinemas with upgraded seats and sound system, plus a chance to win exciting prizes in our raffle!  Tickets: ₱1,000 – Reserved Seat (with popcorn & bottled water) ₱800 – Regular Seat (with popcorn & bott

by Michael F. Rellosa As disruption reshapes the world of insurance, the Philippine Insurers and Reinsurers Association (PIRA) must evolve into a catalyst for innovation, collaboration and national resilience. OUR industry stands at a crossroads. The Philippine insurance sector, once viewed as stable and traditional, now faces a wave of disruption that tests its very foundations. Economic uncertainty, political scrutiny, climate risk, digital transformation and shifting custo

Beneath Manila Bay, 30 kilometers below the seafloor, the Manila Trench—a megathrust fault capable of producing a magnitude 9.0 earthquake—has been locked for over 500 years. When it ruptures, 13 million people will have just 20 minutes before a 15-20 meter tsunami strikes the coast. This is the earthquake and tsunami threat most Filipinos don't know about. And it's bigger than the Marikina Valley Fault. The Manila Trench is the same type of fault that caused the 2011 Japan t

As the East Asian Insurance Congress celebrates its founding day on October 18, EAIC General Secretary Masayuki Tanaka reflects on the organization's six-decade legacy of cooperation and looks ahead to tackling urgent challenges including poverty, healthcare access, and insurance literacy across the region. His message is printed in full below: I would like to extend my sincere greetings on the occasion of the East Asian Insurance Day for 2025. October 18 marks the memorable

An insurance claim cannot be categorized as ‘restitution’ per se, because restitution presupposes a violation of law. Darren M. De Jesus Last Thursday, the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) held a joint meeting with several government offices to discuss a whole-of-government approach to the restitution, or recovery, of public funds spent by contractors and public officers involved in the corruption-riddled flood control projects of the Department of Public Works

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $400m policy-based loan to support reforms aimed at raising the efficiency of the Philippines' insurance industry, creating an enabling environment for broader participation in the sector, and helping stimulate stronger economic growth. The  Insurance Reform Program, Subprogram 1  supports broader financial sector development reforms in regulation and supervision, including greater intermediation of long-term credit for governme

October 6, 2025, at the Independence Flagpole at Rizal Park Luneta.

Philippines Congress is likely to consider a request from the government to double the crop insurance subsidy it pays to the country's...