11 September 2019, Manila, Philippines – Fast-growing insurer FWD Life Insurance (“FWD Philippines”) and leading health maintenance organization (HMO) Intellicare, together with leading health care service provider Aventus Medical Care Inc. (“Aventus”), have announced their strengthened partnership to now offer FWD’s individual and group insurance products through various channels of Intellicare and Aventus.

"After launching our partnership last year, we’re delighted to now expand our collective reach with Intellicare and Aventus Medical Care and further enable more customers to celebrate living!" said FWD Philippines President and Chief Executive Officer Peter Grimes. “By boosting our partnership, we look forward to covering more Filipino lives with simple, relevant, and affordable insurance product propositions, led by our flagship product – the comprehensive Set for Health critical illness plan.”

"Intellicare, Aventus, and FWD Life share the common advocacy to empower Filipinos to live for a healthier tomorrow. I’m optimistic that with FWD Philippines’ broad range of insurance solutions, we can secure both physical and financial health of Intellicare members and Aventus patients nationwide, allowing them to live their lives worry-free," said Mario Silos, Intellicare Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Intellicare is the country’s pre-eminent HMO, servicing more than a million Filipinos. Its network includes a pool of over 50,000 affiliated physicians and specialists manning more than 2,500 hospitals, clinics, and diagnostic centers throughout the country.

Aventus is the country’s foremost corporate health care service provider, devoted to providing high-quality, effective, and efficient clinic services, Currently, there are 12 Aventus branches spanning throughout Metro Manila, Cebu, Laguna, and Pampanga; they also have 9 mobile x-ray vans for annual physical exams in corporate premises and manage over 100 corporate clinics.

FWD Life Insurance Corporation (“FWD Life”) is the first life insurance company licensed by the Insurance Commission of the Philippines under the new Insurance Code. FWD launched its commercial operations in September 2014. By March 2017, FWD Life is the highest-capitalized life insurer in the Philippines with PhP 2.3 billion in paid-up capitalization.1 FWD Life now ranks 8th in the life insurance industry in terms of new business annual premium equivalent.2 

FWD Group spans Hong Kong & Macau, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, and Malaysia, offering life and medical insurance, general insurance, employee benefits, Shariah, and Family Takaful products across a number of its markets. Established in Asia in 2013, FWD is the insurance business arm of investment group, Pacific Century Group. In the Philippines, FWD has 14 business hubs located in key cities nationwide with its headquarters in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig. 

FWD is focused on creating fresh customer experiences, with easy-to-understand products, supported by digital technology. Through this customer-led approach, FWD aims to become a leading pan-Asian insurer that changes the way people feel about insurance. 

For more information please visit fwd.com.ph. 
1 www.insurance.gov.ph > Statistics > 2018 > Based on Paid-Up Capital 
2 www.insurance.gov.ph > Statistics > 2018 > Based on New Business Annual Premium Equivalent