Bob leads FWD’s General Insurance business in Thailand. This new business venture called bolttech covers digital underwriting, digital brokerage and device protection and is being set up in all countries where FWD Life is present. FWD recently acquired Siam City Insurance in Thailand. Bob is leading the transformation of SCI to FWD’s digital GI underwriter in Thailand. In his country head role, he also oversees Frank.co.th – Thailand’s leading digital broker. Prior to this role Bob was Chief Distribution Officer of FWD Life in Thailand, where he was responsible for business development and sales delivery in Agency, Bancassurance and Alternative Distribution. Bob was part of the pioneering leadership team that has built FWD and its brand from the inception in 2013.
In January 2022, the Asia InsurTech Podcast was catching up with Bob Wouters who is in charge of FWD general insurance in Thailand and bolttech InsurTech Exchange. bolttech has entered the market in Thailand with its device protection cover, transformed former aggregator Frank.co.th into the bolttech Insurance Exchange and partnered with telco provider DTAC. Listen […]
In this episode, Michael Waitze talks to Bob Wouters, the country manager of FWD’s general insurance practice in Thailand. Bob shares a bit of FWD’s digital strategy. The Company has recently started to roll out non-life insurance capabilities across all its markets. FWD had already made a seed investment in Thai non-life aggregator platform Frank.co.th […]