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How to leave a legacy with Indexed Universal Life (IUL) insurance
June 24, 2025

How to leave a legacy with Indexed Universal Life (IUL) insurance

To leave a legacy is to make a lasting impact—one that endures across generations. While wills and trusts remain key pillars of traditional estate planning, life insurance has emerged as a powerful, often underappreciated, component of a well-rounded legacy strategy.

Estate Planning in Singapore: Things to settle before you go*
April 11, 2025

Estate Planning in Singapore: Things to settle before you go*

Estate planning goes far beyond drafting a will —it forms a crucial component of a comprehensive wealth management strategy. Whether it's a family business, real estate holdings, or a diverse investment portfolio, a thoughtful estate plan ensures that an individual’s life work continues to grow and protects his family's financial future for generations to come.

Women’s Wealth in Focus - Building confidence and security
February 26, 2025

Women’s Wealth in Focus - Building confidence and security

Women in Asia Pacific have made significant strides on the road to financial empowerment, with each new generation in greater control of their finances than the one before. However, many face financial and time pressures as they attempt to build wealth while caring for family members and balancing increasing healthcare costs with wider cost of living pressures.

Healthy Habits, Healthier Futures: Preventing Diabetes in Asia
November 14, 2024

Healthy Habits, Healthier Futures: Preventing Diabetes in Asia

Recent decades have seen an epidemic rise in diabetes cases, with more than 540 million people living with the condition worldwide, according to the International Diabetes Federation. More than 90 million of those are in Southeast Asia, and the number of adults with diabetes in the region is projected to soar to 152 million by 2045, presenting a serious public health challenge.

Brightening lives through purpose-driven giving
November 13, 2024

Brightening lives through purpose-driven giving

Philanthropic giving does more than just support those in need. By shining a spotlight on good causes, it inspires others to contribute as well. Sun Life Singapore unveiled its Life is Brighter charity fund, an initiative aimed at driving positive change.

Retirement Reimagined: Facing the future with confidence
October 17, 2024

Retirement Reimagined: Facing the future with confidence

By 2050, close to 1.3 billion people in Asia Pacific — one in four people — will be over 60 years old. This significant demographic shift, as large segments of the population reach old age and live longer, will create new challenges and opportunities for societies across the region. 

Reimagining Life Insurance
July 16, 2024

Reimagining Life Insurance

Life insurance has evolved, from not only being an income protection tool to help a family through adverse situations, to one that is used strategically by HNW and UHNW individuals in wealth planning and to enhance philanthropy giving, leaving a legacy beyond the current generation. 

Diabetes Prevention: 5 simple steps to reduce your risk of Type 2 Diabetes
June 30, 2024

Diabetes Prevention: 5 simple steps to reduce your risk of Type 2 Diabetes

Given that 1 in 4 Singaporeans could be affected by Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) by 2050, there is no better time to start thinking about diabetes prevention. Lower your risks of diabetes mellitus by following these simple lifestyle changes.

Diabetes: Symptoms, Risk Factors and Management
June 30, 2024

Diabetes: Symptoms, Risk Factors and Management

Did you know that 1 in 3 people in Singapore is at risk of diabetes? Whereas only 1 in 9 people aged 18 to 69 was affected by the disease in 2010, technological advancements had paved the way for increasingly sedentary lifestyles in the last decade. Without any intervention, it is projected that 1 million people in Singapore will have diabetes come 2050.