InLife supports new PH Insurance Commissioner’s digitalization plans

As the world moves forward to the virtual world, Insular Life (InLife) expresses its support for the general directions and plans of new Insurance Commissioner Atty. Reynaldo Regalado (center), which includes digitalization and plans to increase insurance penetration and health insurance coverage especially among OFWs.

Commissioner Regalado also mentioned his wish to make insurance more inclusive for the benefit of more Filipinos. These were among the key items discussed during the InLife delegation’s courtesy call to the commissioner.

Leading the Inlife delegation is Executive Chairperson Nina

D. Aguas (2nd from left) together with (from left) Trustee Luis Y. Benitez, Trustee and Insular Health Care President, and CEO Maria Noemi G. Azura, and Corporate Secretary and Chief Legal and Governance Officer Atty. Renato S. De Jesus.

In this meeting, a discussion was made about InLife and Insular Health Care’s special projects which they all agreed to collaborate with for gender and development through the InLife Sheroes Advocacy and Movement.

InLife Sheroes, through its program for women empowerment, will conduct financial literacy seminars and health and wellness education for the Insurance Commission’s employees.

Lalamove Philippines welcomes Djon Nacario as Managing Director

Lalamove, the leading on-demand delivery platform, officially welcomes Djon Nacario as the new Managing Director in the Philippines.

Overseeing the leadership of Lalamove’s business in the Philippines, Nacario plays an instrumental role from business strategy to operations. Riding on Lalamove’s rapid growth in the market, Nacario will lead the team to further enhance the brand as the trusted delivery partner.

“We are excited to welcome Djon to lead our operations in the Philippines. Djon’s extensive experience in supply chain and digital platform management is vital as we continue our ambitious plan to grow, empower the communities we serve, and support the local economy,” said Patrick Yu, Lalamove’s Vice President of People and Managing Director of South East Asia.

“It is an enormous opportunity to join one of the leading on-demand delivery platforms in the world and lead the strong team in Lalamove Philippines. Our top priority is always to provide fast, simple, and affordable delivery solutions for our users, especially small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), to grow their businesses, and support our partner drivers’ livelihood by ensuring flexible earning opportunities,” Nacario commented.

Nacario joins at a key point of Lalamove’s journey. With 48 serviceable areas across Luzon and island-wide coverage in Cebu, and a wide selection of vehicles from motorcycles to 10-wheel trucks in the Philippines, the company is now focused on expanding Lalamove’s delivery services, while strengthening ties across the board.

“While extending our long-distance and same-day truck delivery services, we are eyeing to enhance partnerships with industry sectors and government units. Our goal is to provide the widest selection of vehicles paired with the widest coverage across the country, and contribute to a seamless logistics ecosystem in the Philippines, addressing the different delivery needs of individuals, SMEs, and corporations,” Nacario said.

Before joining Lalamove Philippines, Nacario was Managing Director of Carousell Philippines, and Country Head of Agoda in various Southeast Asian markets. He also played a crucial role in supply chain management for Unilever.

Leading digital solutions platform Globe has announced significant progress in its SIM registration efforts. The company has successfully registered around 85% of its active users and is confident that it can cover the rest of its revenue-generating customer base well within the 90-day extension period.

Since the deadline was extended, there has been a slowdown in SIM registration volume, which is consistent across all players in the market. Despite this, Globe remains unfazed.

“We intend to have 100% of our revenue-generating base fully registered within the 90day extension. We are confident that we can achieve this with the initiatives that we are taking,” said Darius Delgado, Head of Globe Consumer Mobile Business.

The company has implemented various steps to make registration as easy and accessible as possible, including opening up GCash as a channel for fully verified Globe and TM users to register their SIMs with just a few clicks. This is on top of the GlobeOne app and the https://new.globe.com.ph/simreg microsite which are also available 24/7.

Additionally, Globe continues to operate its SIM-assisted registration booths and plans to scale up these efforts, particularly in rural areas where registration has lagged behind.

The company’s 144 Stores and

25 EasyHubs across the country are also open to customers who need help registering their SIMs.

Globe is committed to ensuring its customers’ compliance with the SIM Registration Act and is working closely with local government units, groceries, and malls to set up assisted registration booths in various remote locations. It has also been regularly joining SIM registration assistance initiatives led by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) since January.

Globe continues to appeal to the government to allow the submission of alternative IDs for SIM registration as many Filipinos still lack government IDs.

“We applaud the government for extending the SIM registration deadline, as this gives millions of our unregistered customers more time to comply with the law. But we continue to ask for conditional registration that will allow us to accept other forms of identification such as school IDs and company IDs. This will help our customers who do not yet have a government ID to register across our channels,” Delgado said.

Unregistered SIM users have until July 25 to complete their SIM registration. Globe urges its subscribers to quickly take advantage of the extended time and not wait until the last minute to register to avoid the deactivation of their SIMs.

To learn more about Globe and its SIM registration efforts, visit https://www.globe.com. ph/.