{"id":6369,"date":"2025-09-19T01:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stunning-azure-walrus.217-217-255-145.cpanel.site\/?p=6369"},"modified":"2025-09-19T01:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:56:04","slug":"sun-life-grepa-and-asa-philippines-partner-to-empower-underserved-women-through-financial-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/?p=6369","title":{"rendered":"SUN LIFE GREPA AND ASA PHILIPPINES PARTNER TO EMPOWER UNDERSERVED WOMEN THROUGH FINANCIAL PROTECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sun Life Grepa Financial, Inc. (Sun Life Grepa), one of the country\u2019s major life insurance companies, and ASA Philippines\u00a0Foundation, Inc. (ASA Philippines), a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0leading\u00a0non-profit <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">microfinance organization dedicated to uplifting underserved women and their families, have formally sealed their partnership through a ceremonial signing held at ASA Philippines Central Office last September 10, 2025.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The partnership aims to provide ASA Philippines\u2019 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">more than 2 million women members, many of whom are mothers, with access to affordable life and family insurance solutions. Through the new Microinsurance Program<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0that will be launched soon,\u00a0Sun Life Grepa and ASA Philippines\u00a0hope to empower women to not only secure their own futures but also ensure financial protection for their loved ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6370\" src=\"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ASA-Ceremonial-Signing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Shown in photo during the signing ceremony were Sun Life Grepa President Richard Lim and Head of Affinity Marketing Jose Enrique Songco Jr. (2nd from right and extreme right), along with ASA Philippines President and CEO\u00a0R<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">apa Lopa and C<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hief Operating Officer \u00a0and\u00a0Chief Transformation Officer \u00a0Imelda Centeno (1st and 2nd from left), who expressed their shared commitment to improving the lives of Filipino families through financial literacy and protection.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0\u201cWith this collaboration, we are making life insurance more accessible to underserved women and their families. We believe that by protecting the mothers, we are also protecting entire households and communities,\u201d Richard S. Lim, President of Sun Life Grepa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ASA Philippines\u00a0representatives likewise underscored the importance of financial empowerment in their mission. \u201cThis partnership with Sun Life Grepa enables us to give our <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nanays\u00a0the tools and confidence to build more secure futures for their families,\u201d said Rapa C. Lopa, President and CEO of ASA Philippines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The partnership is part of Sun Life Grepa\u2019s ongoing mission to provide Filipinos with innovative and inclusive insurance solutions, while supporting organizations that champion community development and financial wellness.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover the newest story!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-stories"],"pageone_source":{"pageone_source":"Sunlife","author_name":"axlpowerhouse.com"},"_pageone_source":"Sunlife","zyndk8_nxtgen_metadata":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/axlpowerhouse.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}