55% of Filipinos Have Life Insurance Coverage. That Doesn’t Mean You’re Covered.
Life insurers collected ₱229.98 billion in six months and cover 55% of Filipinos. Here is what those numbers say, and what they leave out, for your household.
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Get Yourself Covered First. No Matter How Small.
By law, every passenger on a Philippine domestic ferry is insured from the moment they board, for at least ₱200,000 in case of death. That amount was never meant to be a family’s whole plan.
GCash IPO: What the ₱6.60 Final Price, the October 6–12 Offer Window, and GStocks Actually Mean
Most of the GCash IPO is existing shareholders selling, and it priced at ₱6.60, well under the ₱10 ceiling. What If reads the offer before the October 6–12 window.
Filipino Life Insurers Just Paid Out ₱69.2 Billion. Here’s What That Number Actually Means.
Premiums grew 17.9% in the first half of 2026. Benefits paid out grew faster — 19.5%. That gap between the two numbers is the more interesting story.
No One Is Coming to Save Us.
A ₱2 trillion flood-control scandal, a record-low poverty rate, and the missing half of the plan every Filipino family was taught to skip.
Drew Arellano Built a Wall Around His Kids’ Endorsement Money — and a Rental Villa on the Side
Drew Arellano invests his kids’ endorsements, insures his family, and runs a rental villa in Rizal. Inside the Arellano family’s real money moves.
Beyond the Love Team: How Donny Pangilinan Is Structuring His Fame
Donny Pangilinan cut prices at his family’s gas station and quietly gave ₱300,000 to strangers on live TV. An inside look at how financial structure lets one actor make room for both ambition and generosity.
Alex Eala’s Homecoming Has a ₱63,000 Ticket. Here’s the Math Behind It.
Alex Eala’s Philippine Arena homecoming has tickets from ₱618 to ₱63,705 — a 103x spread. Here’s the economics behind tiered event pricing, and how it compares to the Federer-Nadal exhibition it’s chasing.
Judy Ann Santos Knows That a Career Needs Managing, Too
Judy Ann Santos plays a talent manager on HBO Max. Off screen, she has quietly managed her own money for 30 years — jewelry, insurance, a restaurant.
What Bea Alonzo and Anne Curtis’s China Trip Is Really Selling
Bea Alonzo and Anne Curtis reunited for a beauty-and-travel collab. The real story is what each has built to own, not just endorse.