23rd Asia Insurance Industry Awards 2019 | Asia Insurance Review | 3 September 2019 | TBA, Singapore

So we launch these 23rd Awards with great confidence and faith in the industry at a time when it is going through phenomenal change. The challenge is even greater today in our fast-paced society where gratification is instant and where the core of insurance is about delayed enjoyment, about being secure for the future.

So our job just got even harder and we consciously underscore this important aspect of insurance with our inclusion of a category on sustainability - although we still link it to CSR. The greater glory of insurance these days really comes from its contribution to CSR - to raise the awareness of people and business to the risks they face every day - from cyber or natural disasters through to their careless friends and family or colleagues.

Believing in the nobility of the insurance business, we are proud to launch the 23rd Awards with a defined criteria and fully transparent processes that are independently audited. But the integrity of the Awards is underpinned by the distinguished esteemed panel of judges drawn from the industry in Asia and worldwide.

At the end of the day, the success of the Awards depends very much on the quality of the nominations received.