For subscribers

The Lives They Live: 74, and still selling insurance

While the pioneer leaders were the original architects of Singapore, everyday heroes helped build society here. This is another story about such people in the series The Lives They Live.

Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox

Google Preferred Source badge
Like many people, Madam Lee Siew Eng has life insurance policies.

But unlike most other people who typically have only a handful of life insurance policies, she has more than 20 in her name. She had bought these policies from herself.
The 74-year-old is one of the oldest active Great Eastern Life insurance agents and has been selling insurance for 45 years.
See more on