Barclays Wealth spies strategic opportunity in insurance

Barclays Wealth has spied what it believes to be a strategic opportunity to present Asia’s rapidly rising population of high-net-worth individuals with tailored insurance solutions. The wealth arm of Barclays Bank says it is firmly of the view that this wealthy segment is grossly underserved by offerings that are more commonly targeted at the mass retail market. “There is an awful lot that insurance products can do for wealthy clients and it is the wealth managers’ job to make that co…