Dr Ashish Kanakia

Director – Medical Business Management, Prudential Assurance Malaysia Berhad

Education: Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (MBBS), AFIH (Associate Fellow of Industrial Health)

 Experience:

• 8 years of Clinical Practice
• Chief Underwriter, New Business & Underwriting, Tata- AIG Insurance company
• Head of New Business & Underwriting, AIA shared services
• Head of Technical Services, Prudential Assurance Malaysia
• Head of Medical Business Management, Prudential Assurance Malaysia
• Member Joint Technical Committee, LIAM

 Key contributing Areas

• Taking effective actions to manage and control the claim ratio for Medical portfolio
• Formulation for effective risk management policies
• Develop effective strategies for maintaining the Quality standards
• Developing & Mentoring Underwriters, Claim assessors on an ongoing basis.
• Engaging with various hospitals and doctors as part of Insurance Hospital Network as well as running the hospital ambassador programme.
• Liaising with Regulator – LAM, JTC, BNM & Ministry of Health so as to influence them to bring about necessary positive changes in Healthcare environment
• Working on several initiatives related to Health ecosystem – Disease Management programme, Dengue Prediction, Influenza vaccination, Babylon etc.
• Part of Joint Technical committee providing critical inputs on various guidelines HSI, Cost Containment etc.