{"id":43974,"date":"2018-05-18T15:06:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T07:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roblilwall.com\/en-ae\/?p=43974"},"modified":"2025-04-29T15:25:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T07:25:52","slug":"insurance-asia-news-awards-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roblilwall.com\/en-ae\/blog\/2018\/05\/18\/insurance-asia-news-awards-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance Asia News Awards Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43975\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roblilwall.com\/en-ae\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/05\/Untitled-600x376.png\" alt=\"Insurance Asia News Awards Dinner\" width=\"1026\" height=\"643\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Great honour to give the after-dinner speech for Insurance Asia News&#8217; awards dinner at the Marriott Hong Kong last night. 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