People moves: Kina Bank, Credit Corp, Pacific MMI

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Credit Corp announces board appointment and Pacific MMI appoints a new boss.

People moves: Pacific MMI

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New CEO at Pacific MMI

Forex exemptions granted to Papua New Guinea insurers

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The Bank of PNG has granted exemptions to some PNG insurance companies from the tight foreign exchange restrictions, to enable the general insurers to meet their reinsurance commitments to international reinsurers.

Disaster planning in the Pacific: insurance industry can help

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Asian Development Bank analysis showing just how vulnerable Pacific nations are to natural disasters, but what can be done to better manage the risk? Wayne Dorgan from leading Papua New Guinea insurer Pacific MMI calls on disaster co-ordinators in the region to consult more closely with the insurance industry.

What insurance should you buy in Papua New Guinea?

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Business Advantage PNG asked Pacific MMI Insurance MD Wayne Dorgan for his recommendations.

Managing risk in Papua New Guinea

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The insurance industry in PNG looks forward to consolidation, more growth and regulatory reform in the coming year. Optimism in PNG’s insurance sector is high with companies seeking to expand amid the strong economic growth of PNG. ‘The economy is very healthy,’ says Chris Giddings of Pacific Re, a Port Moresby-based reinsurance firm, and President […]

Reaching out to the unbanked

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Papua New Guinea’s strong financial services sector is becoming ever more sophisticated in servicing both the mass-market and premium ends of the market. ‘PNG continues to have a very, very strong banking sector. We are very lucky here to have the banks that we do. Investors want that, and they often don’t expect that there’s […]