Today is a historical day for Malaysians. For the first time, in full scale, we are experiencing a moment where our movements are restricted, during a period people usually travel and spend time outside – the school holidays. Narrated Anas: The Prophet (PBUH) said, “The real patience is at the first stroke of a calamity.”Bukhari While some of us are at work due to the nature of our jobs, most of us are assigned to work from home to minimize the number of people in the office (and on the street). Despite being an essential service provider (a takaful operator),...
Today has been a mixed day, it feels long but passed by quick. Last night’s news was still sinking in, the announcement seems clear but obviously there were details that were unclear and unsettled. As a senior management member of a Takaful Operator, we were also figuring out how best to make it work, to fulfill our obligation to continue providing critical services to our customers – the duties of an essential service provider. I must admit it wasn’t an easy task as we had to balance the needs of the people, respecting the spirit of the “restricted movement order” as well...
With the continuous surge of affected individuals, the world is at the verge of a global emergency as it wages battle against the large scale pandemic that took it by storm. COVID-19 will be a name forever remembered by people living in this decade, for sure. As the numbers in Malaysia hiked up to 428 yesterday (it’s 553 today), many people, particularly in Klang Valley went into panic buying mode, in anticipation of heightened control measures put into place to contain the virus; the trending word of the day – “lockdown”. While understandable that people are worried and scared (I’m...
Today, I want to go back to writing on another important cause in my life: to propagate the importance of having takaful protection. This time around, I want to zoom in specifically to the channel options available for everyone to take one up. These days, the excuse of not having access doesn’t hold water anymore, as more and more options are made available to cater to the different type of audiences. If there is any big gap in this topic of accessibility, it would really be for the low income (B40) segment, which by design has its own set of challenges. ...
COVID-19 has definitely shook the world. No country really has control over the deadly virus, and the distress level just keeps going up exponentially across the different levels of society globally. It just gets scarier by the day. The response from the people varies depending on where they are and the local criticality of the situation. Europe is basically on the verge of shutting down with few countries already on a lockdown. The Asian economic giants up north such as South Korea and Japan continues to combat it as best as they can. Travel bans are announced everywhere with entries...
