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Articles & Analysis | Financial services from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016

 

THE COMPANY: Established in 1985, Kina Securities (Kina) is a diversified financial services provider offering financial solutions including savings accounts, small business loans, investments, mortgages, stockbroking and financial advice, investment management and fund administration.

Articles & Analysis | Retail from The Report: Papua New Guinea 2016

 

THE COMPANY: City Pharmacy Limited (CPL) Group is a leading retailer in PNG and has a combined retail operation of 64 stores nationwide. It employs 3700 people, of which 97% are Papua New Guinean citizens. CPL’s retail network spans health and beauty chains, supermarkets, hardware stores, coffee...

 

In Papua New Guinea insurance makes up a small part of the overall economy when compared to international levels. The penetration rate as a percentage of GDP is under 2%, while the global average is 7.5%, according to the UN Development Programme. Insurance in the country is also a sector of great opportunity. Access is straightforward given...

 

To what extent have repetitive fires been affecting the growth of the insurance industry and how they should be contained?

 

Farms in Papua New Guinea are vulnerable to natural disasters and other risks, and this suggests the need to insure agriculture. Index-linked agricultural insurance is currently available in many developing countries, such as Thailand, Mexico and the Philippines, as well as in many advanced economies like Japan and the US. Some insurers...

 

As one of the least insured countries in the world, with insurance penetration as a percentage of GDP under 2%, Papua New Guinea has made micro-insurance a priority in order to help increase the uptake of policies. The public sector, insurers, donors and other parties have been working together to come up with solutions that could help to get...

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