How to virtually bridge the protection gap

BANK Negara has been busy addressing concerns about skyrocketing health insurance premiums that have been making headlines in the mass media.

Earlier this week, the central bank, via a post on its official website, says that it has received an encouraging response from various parties to submit applications for Digital Insurers and Takaful Operators (DITO) licences just three months into the two-year application window that began on Jan 2.