Three years ago, Fabrice Benard stood at the helm of a complex corporate marriage: the acquisition and merger of AXA Affin and MPI Generali into what is now Generali Insurance Malaysia. At the time, the priority was clear, integration.

Today, the company has secured its position as the country's fourth-largest general insurer. However, being a general insurance heavyweight isn't enough. Generali is now actively hunting for a major life insurance acquisition to match its general insurance footprint and crack the top five in the life space.

Meanwhile, the broader industry faces severe on-the-ground crises. With medical inflation hitting 15% and causing roughly 340,000 Malaysians to cancel their policies, the sector is banking on a massive, multi-stakeholder RESET project to fix private healthcare costs.

Simultaneously, rising flood risks are forcing insurers to deploy hyper-local data models, fundamentally changing how motor coverage is priced.

To unpack the shifting economics of modern risk, his M&A strategy, and the future of consumer premiums, Fabrice Benard, CEO of Generali Insurance Malaysia, returns to The Breakfast Grille.

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Malaysia has ambitious climate goals, including a target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But is the country’s institutional framework up to the task? We unpack the findings of the Malaysia Climate Change Institutional Assessment report with Carmen Loo of the World Bank Group.

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On International Women's Day, Minister of Women, Family & Community Development, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri assesses Malaysia’s progress on gender equality and women’s rights. She also discusses the implementation of the Anti-Sexual Harassment Tribunal, the challenges survivors face in reporting abuse, and persistent legal and cultural gaps around marital rape and underage marriages.

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