Cocolife Asset Management, Inc. (CAMCI), is a wholly- owned subsidiary of Cocolife and is licensed to operate as an investment adviser and principal distributor of United Fund, Inc., Cocolife Fixed Income Fund, Inc., and Cocolife Dollar Fund Builder, Inc.
The company has one of the best financial minds in the industry known for their investing strategy, professionalism, and wide experience in the business.
Direct Link is the marketing arm of UCPB Gen. It started operations in 1988, as a joint venture between UCPB Group and Crowe Insurance Group of London. Over the years, UCPB Gen became the majority owner. Aside from providing affordable motorcar insurance, Direct Link also provides customers with convenience via a telephone- based marketing operation.
Ultra Security Services, Inc. (USSI) started its operations on 21 March 1988 in accordance with Republic Act No. 5487, otherwise known as the Private Security Agency Law, with the primary objective of providing long- term and top quality security services to its client-companies. These services are focused on bank security such as armored car escort and branch premises, campus security, corporate buildings, hospitals, food chains, and acquired properties.
Its initial work force in 1988 was a little over 200, and has grown to its current manpower complement of 920. These security personnel are manning UCPB branches, the Head Office and acquired assets in Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, including other commercial clients.
COCOGEN is one of the strongest and largest non-life insurance companies in the Philippines today. COCOGEN has consistently been among the country’s top ten general insurance companies, an industry with over 50 players.
Established in January 1963 as Allied Guarantee Insurance Company, Inc., the company built a solid reputation in the general insurance landscape in the country. By 1989, it has been wholly owned by United Coconut Planters Life Assurance Corporation (Cocolife), and became the non-life insurance company arm of the UCPB Financial Services Group. In 2019, the company took another step forward and rebranded itself as COCOGEN Insurance with the goal of synergizing more with Cocolife.
COCOGEN offers a wide array of quality and innovative insurance solutions designed to protect everything a Filipino values, from tangible, hard-earned assets such as your home, business, and your car, to something as priceless as your loved ones and yourself.
Our five decades of distinctive leadership and commitment to the industry has earned the trust and loyalty of our clients which range from prominent multinational companies to business leaders in manufacturing, service, wholesale, and retail merchandising.
Cocoplans began its operations on May 1994 and was launched on October 18 1994. Its first product: pension plans tailor made for Filipinos at different income levels. The company grew at a rapid pace in the next few years, as it established business centers nationwide, while steadily increasing its asset base and trust fund.
In a short span of time, Cocoplans distinguished itself by offering a suite of pension plans and education plans that fit the needs, preferences and capabilities of a wide spectrum of consumers. As of 2011, Cocoplans has stopped selling pre-need plans and is now operating as a servicing company. Cocoplans is now offering other pre-need products like memorial lots, niches and vaults.
Esteemed as the only Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) – Lawyer in the Philippines, Atty. Julio P.G. Bucoy is the Corporate Treasurer and Head of Corporate Finance and Strategy Division Cocolife. Aside from being an associate lawyer at the Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos Law Offices, he has extensive experience in asset management, strategic business and analytics. He obtained Latin honors in Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Economics from the Fordham University in New York, USA and his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of the Philippines College of Law.
Atty. Yebra is the Vice President and Head of Risk Management and Compliance Division of Cocolife and Head of the Risk Oversight Committee of Cocogen.
He was a former Associate of Sycip Law, and former Junior Partner of the Rosal, Reyes & Associates Law Firm. He was also a Professor of Criminal Law and Public International Law at the University of the East College of Law, as well as a Lecturer of Criminal Law and Labor Law at the Legal Edge Bar Review Center. He obtained his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Santo Tomas and graduated top of his class in San Beda University, College of Law.
Elected as Director of COCOLIFE on July 7, 2020. Atty. De Jesus is currently the President of COCOGEN Insurance and the Chairman of Cocolife Foundation. He is also the founding partner of Yebra De Jesus Loon Law Offices. He is a part-time professional lecturer at the De La Salle University on Special Commercial Laws, Negotiable Instruments Law, Obligations and Contracts, Partnership, Agency, and Corporate Law, both in law school and college-level and a Bar Review Lecturer on Special Commercial Laws.
He was formerly the Deputy Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary and Public Affairs Department, House of Representatives. Previous to said present position, Atty. De Jesus was the Head Executive Assistant, Office of the Speaker.
Atty. De Jesus began his legal career as a litigation lawyer in one of the biggest law rms in the Philippines, Angara Abello Concepcion Regala Cru Law Offices ACCRALA , then with the country’s central monetary authority, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
Atty. De Jesus was chosen by the US State Department as the Philippines’ representative in the International Visitors Leadership Program IVLP in 2018 on “US Federalism and Democracy”, and by China as delegate in the Young Leaders’ Roundtable Discussion in the 2019 Boao Forum for Asia. In 2017, Atty. De Jesus was part of the Philippine delegation to the World Bank—IMF Annual Meeting.
He graduated from the Ateneo de Manila School of Law in 2009 and School of Science and Engineering in 2005.
Atty. Josine Alexandra Gamboais a lawyer, law professor and public policy specialist. She is currently a partner in Yebra De Jesus Loon Law Offices.Atty. Gamboahas had vast experience in both private and public practice. She started her legal career as a Junior Associate in Gerodias Suchianco Estrella Law Firm, where she worked under the corporate law department. She then worked under the Office of the President, specifically in the Climate Change Commission where she was the Deputy Chief of the Legal Services Division. She contributed to government policy and participated in the negotiations in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) process, leading up to the adoption by the Philippines of the Paris Agreement.
She then practiced in the developmental field, where she was the Manager of Government Initiatives of Rare, an international conservation organization. Her work involved engaging with national and sub-national government agencies and global institutions to create an enabling policy environment for the Philippines to support coastal and fisheries resource management.She is also a professor at the De La Salle University –College of Law, where she teaches Administrative Law, The Law on Public Officers, and Election Law, and The Law on Public Corporations, and at the Universidad de Manila –College of Law, where she teaches Media Law and Ethics.
