Taguig City, 7 May 2021 – Leading life insurer Pru Life UK partnered with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) for the latest instalment of its PRUWise Webinars Experts Series entitled Marked Safe: Protecting you and your money from online scams.

Held against the backdrop of a rise in the volume of online financial transactions brought about by limited mobility in the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, the two-hour-long webinar provided an insightful venue for its nearly 300 attendees to learn practical tips on online transactions and financial portfolio safety.

“In line with our ‘We DO Wealth’ commitment, Pru Life UK’s initiative, which champions Filipinos’ financial education, fully embraces BSP’s advocacy of increased consumers’ awareness of financial safety in the digital space. Today’s webinar touched on online investment and banking security issues, and how best people can protect themselves and their hard-earned savings. Today, as we are still battling the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic while taking stock of the toll the crisis has taken on our finances, we want to remind our customers not only to take extra care of their health but also their wealth,” shared Pru Life UK Vice President for Investments Marketing Mark Valino.

The webinar featured BSP Director for Technology Risk and Innovation Supervision Department Melchor Plabasan, Deputy Director for Economic and Financial Learning Office – Strategic Communication and Advocacy Rochelle Tomas, along with Financial Journalist Salve Duplito, and covered online safety measures, incident reporting procedures, as well as best cyber hygiene practices that people can follow to ensure their financial transactions and investment portfolios are secure.

Pru Life UK through its PRUWise Webinars Experts Series will continue to champion education in life insurance, investments, finance, and economics, as part of its “We DO Wealth” advocacy.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Director for Technology Risk and Innovation Supervision Department Melchor Plabasan (upper right), Deputy Director for Economic and Financial Learning Office – Strategic Communication and Advocacy Rochelle Tomas (upper left), along with Financial Journalist Salve Duplito (bottom) shared online financial safety measures.

Pru Life UK Vice President for Investments Marketing Mark Valino talked about the importance of not just growing but also protecting one’s hard earned savings.

For more information: www.prulifeuk.com.ph

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About Pru Life UK
Established in 1996, Pru Life UK is the pioneer of insuravest, or investment-linked life insurance products, in the Philippines and is one of the first life insurance companies approved to distribute US dollar-denominated investment-linked life insurance policies in the country. Since its establishment, Pru Life UK has expanded its reach to over 190 branches in the Philippines, with the biggest life agency force of about 35,000 licensed agents.

The company ranked first (1st) among the country’s life insurers based on the Insurance Commission’s FY 2020 rankings in terms of new business annual premium equivalent. Pru Life UK is headquartered in Uptown Bonifacio, Taguig City. Pru Life UK and Prudential plc are not affiliated with Prudential Financial, Inc. of the United States, Prudential Assurance Company (a subsidiary of M&G plc, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom), Philippine Prudential Life Insurance Company, Prudentialife Plans, Inc. or Prudential Guarantee and Assurance, Inc. (all Philippine-registered companies). Pru Life UK is a life insurance company and is not engaged in the business of selling pre-need plans.