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Letters | Familiar risk cover would inspire Hong Kong companies to venture into Greater Bay Area
- If a Hong Kong company could secure seamless insurance cover across the region, it would find a greater level of comfort and may be more inclined to take that step into the unknown
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We read with interest Mr David Dodwell’s insightful July 5 piece on the development of the Greater Bay Area and share many of his concerns (“To take the Greater Bay Area to the next level, why not learn from Europe?”).
Much is made of the need for investment from Hong Kong companies elsewhere in the Greater Bay Area, but for this to succeed, companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, will require access to the same levels of product and service across the border that they have become accustomed to in Hong Kong.
At the Hong Kong Confederation of Insurance Brokers, we are arguing for this to apply in the field of risk management and insurance.
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At present, a company cannot use their Hong Kong insurance broker to advise on or secure risk protection elsewhere in the Greater Bay Area unless that broker is licensed in China (which most are not), and we feel that this may result in a reduced level of investment.
We feel that if Hong Kong companies could secure seamless insurance cover across the region, they would find a greater level of comfort and may be more inclined to take that step into the unknown.
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China's ambitious plan to develop it own ‘Greater Bay Area’
China's ambitious plan to develop it own ‘Greater Bay Area’
In Europe, insurance brokers are able to effect cover across the continent through mutual recognition of insurance licences.
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