Lastly, the Green Paper also points out how insurers could provide incentives to promote risk awareness and prevention so as to encourage people to insure their assets and reduce their vulnerability.

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Other direct insurance covers all other forms of casualty insurance. Included are term life insurance; accident and health insurance (unless these are provided as part of government social security schemes); marine, aviation and other transport insurance, fire and other property damage, pecuniary loss insurance, general liability insurance and other insurance, such as travel insurance and insurance related to loans and credit cards.

Other direct insurance covers all other forms of casualty insurance. Included are term life insurance; accident and health insurance (unless these are provided as part of government social security schemes); marine, aviation and other transport insurance; fire and other property damage; pecuniary loss insurance; general liability insurance; and other insurance, such as travel insurance and insurance related to loans and credit cards.

As far as the property and casualty insurance companies are concerned, we operate totally separate from the life insurance companies.

I wonder if I can get some comment on the existing system and whether you agree with the recommendation that we should establish a mandatory ombudsman that cuts across all of the financial services sector so that property and casualty insurance companies, life companies, all of those institutions would come under that ombudsman office.