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MTL keeps CLMV push up as Thais age
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 10/12/2020
» Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL) is continuing its aggressive move into the Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand (CLMVT) region to acquire a larger market with a more balanced demographic profile, as Thailand becomes a full-fledged ageing society in 2021, said Sara Lamsam, MTL's president.
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Sara seizes opportunity in disruption
Business, Published on 21/09/2019
» Muang Thai Life Assurance has succeeded across multiple platforms: the company's total premiums surged to 94.5 billion baht in 2018 from 4 billion baht when Sara Lamsam took the helm in 2004. And while MTL is one of the country's most recognised life insurance brands, Mr Sara admits that the firm faces bigger challenges now than it did when he became boss.
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MTL upbeat despite drop in premiums
Business, Published on 23/08/2019
» Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL), the country's second largest life insurer by total premiums, continued to see its premiums shrink by 13% from a year earlier for the five months through May, largely thanks to its premium portfolio restructuring in preparation for adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard 17 (IFRS17), starting from 2022.
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Muang Thai Life makes forays into Cambodia, Vietnam
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 21/12/2015
» Muang Thai Life Assurance (MTL) plans to start offering its life insurance products in Cambodia, its first operation outside Thailand, beginning next year.
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Cambodian building boom a rich opportunity for SCG
Asia focus, Wanant Kerdchuen, Published on 14/09/2015
» The outlook remains bright for the construction and building-materials industries in Asean, except in Indonesia where heavy competition, economic turbulence and exchange-rate volatility are all taking a toll, says Aree Chavalitcheewingul, vice-president for regional business of the cement building materials unit of Siam Cement Group (SCG).
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Frontier finance
Asia focus, Tanyatorn Tongwaranan, Published on 01/06/2015
» Opportunities in frontier markets are always seen as enormous, but doing business in emerging economies is certainly not for the faint-hearted. Aside from the greater risks they have to bear, navigating a financial system that has yet to mature is often a major challenge.
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Phnom Penh property takes off
Asia focus, Wanant Kerdchuen, Published on 02/03/2015
» The increasing number of foreign investors and expatriates in Cambodia's capital is fuelling demand for higher-quality office and residential space, stimulating more investments in real estate, but property experts are concerned about a possible oversupply emerging in the future.
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Kasikornbank ready to open Phnom Penh branch
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 27/12/2014
» Kasikornbank (KBank) expects to open its first Cambodian branch in Phnom Penh in next year's second quarter in a bid to become a regional centre of growth ahead of the imminent single market.
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Shiga bank to work with Canadia
Published on 02/12/2014
» OSAKA — Japanese regional bank Shiga Bank said that it will join hands with major Cambodian bank Canadia Bank Plc by the end of the month to gain access to economic information in the Southeast Asian country to provide to Japanese companies.
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Speaking in tongues
Asia focus, Published on 19/08/2013
» In the globalised world, being able to communicate in more than one language is becoming essential for many people seeking rewarding careers. Young Cambodians have taken this message to heart and are learning new tongues to improve their chances of success both at home and abroad.
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