Mav Rodriguez

Mav Rodriguez

Insurance Business Asia

Mav Rodriguez

freelance news writer

10 years experience6,611 Total views on Insurance Business Asia in 2025

Mav's specialty topics

regulation & compliance insurtech & AI market shifts & pricing executive moves

Mav Rodriguez is the pen name of a freelance news writer at Key Media, where she reports on insurance, mortgage, finance, and business developments.

Her coverage spans executive moves, market shifts, regulatory developments, industry reports, and company announcements across global financial services. She brings a strong background in research, editorial judgment, and SEO, producing clear and useful stories for specialist audiences.

Before focusing on trade journalism, Mav wrote across news and culture, guided by a longstanding interest in helping readers understand the issues that affect them. That focus on informing readers remains central to her work.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“Good insurance journalism is about showing how individual developments fit into the bigger shifts happening across the market. That requires judgment—not just getting the facts right, but also knowing when a detail is significant and when it is simply noise. The goal is to help readers understand what is changing and, more importantly, what deserves their attention”

Awards and recognition

  • Loyola Schools Awards for the Arts in Nonfiction
  • Raul Locsin Award for Student Journalism

Also published by

When in Manila · Rappler · Philippine Daily Inquirer · Wealth Professional Canada · Insurance Business · The Educator

Featured content from Mav

Hong Kong IA warns broker referral curbs are only the start Lockton adds heads in Singapore as Asia specialty build accelerates South Korea is building 18.4 GW of AI data centre capacity. Its insurers don't yet know how to price

Previous experience

  • Key Media — global news writer
  • Ateneo de Manila University — writing assistant
  • Rappler — news and investigative intern

Education

  • Bachelor of Fine Arts major in Creative Writing (Nonfiction), Ateneo de Manila University

Read the latest stories by Mav

Hong Kong AI to review FLMI-linked licences after exam centre raid

Hong Kong AI to review FLMI-linked licences after exam centre raid

Three current insurance intermediaries among 15 arrested

NHIS phishing scam exposes gaps in South Korea fraud insurance

NHIS phishing scam exposes gaps in South Korea fraud insurance

A phishing scam that moves through impersonation, a malicious download and then a fraudulent transfer can cross three different coverage definitions in a single event

Singapore life insurance sales rise 21% as only half feel future-ready

Singapore life insurance sales rise 21% as only half feel future-ready

Seventy-six per cent of Singaporeans have taken steps to improve financial preparedness. Only 49% feel prepared

Etiqa names Claudia Soh CEO amid distribution push

Etiqa names Claudia Soh CEO amid distribution push

Insurer expands across bank and adviser channels as Maybank moves toward sole ownership

China tax clarification puts Hong Kong insurance sales in focus

China tax clarification puts Hong Kong insurance sales in focus

Mainland buyers remain a key part of the city's insurance market - and for intermediaries serving them, renewed scrutiny of an existing obligation is the part worth watching

South Korea life agents face 13% drop in new protection contracts

South Korea life agents face 13% drop in new protection contracts

Commission reform adds pressure to an already mature market

South Korea is building 18.4 GW of AI data centre capacity. Its insurers don't yet know how to price

South Korea is building 18.4 GW of AI data centre capacity. Its insurers don't yet know how to price

Severity, not frequency, is what actually drives data centre losses - and with fire responsible for 42% of loss costs from just 11% of events, brokers need specialist input before a placement goes to market, not after

South Korea’s non-claiming clinics raise underwriting questions

South Korea’s non-claiming clinics raise underwriting questions

A 25% rise in non-claiming clinics, concentrated in Gangnam's cosmetic medicine boom, means claims history can't tell brokers what they need to know anymore

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