Sunday, March 21, 2010

ST Forum - Taxing time with mum's insurer


WHEN we think of insurance,
we tend to visualise a man with a friendly face
holding an umbrella out to us when it starts to rain.
That is the result of successful marketing.

In reality, when the crunch comes,
how many insurance companies can truly claim to be such a 'friend'?
Isn't it more a case of wait until you are drenched
before deciding to hold the umbrella out to you,
by which time the downpour has probably eased off
and you have caught pneumonia?

Take my experience with NTUC Income. I bought..