Like all entrepreneurs, Walter de Oude started with a strong belief - The potential of money can be unlocked for everyone, and that existing financial services were not doing a great job at it so far. As founder and CEO of Singapore Life, he has achieved what many thought to be an almost impossible task - starting a life insurance company from scratch. This is a role for which he is very well suited - and actuary and former multinational insurer CEO. Singlife has grown from strength to strength with a fast growing capital base, continuing innovation and strong customer support.
For our 100th episode, Asia InsurTech Podcast spoke with Winnie Wong, the CEO and Executive Director of Avo Insurance and Asia Insurance, and Walter De Oude, the deputy chairman of Aviva SingLife, about InsurTech in Asia. How has the industry developed over the past 2 years? What is next in InsurTech in Asia? There is […]
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Walter de Oude, CEO of Singlife. The Singapore headquartered neo-insurer, valued at $360M, acquired a license from the MAS in 2017 and began selling life insurance policies after buying Zurich Insurance’s Singapore business. Singlife closed a $90M Series C funding round on 1st July 2019. This announcement was […]