Apr 2020 Issue No.277
New Governing Committee
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he Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 29 April 2020 approved the formation of the new Governing Committee of the Federation for 2020/2021 as follows:
Chairman Mr Eric Hui
Deputy Chairman Mr Edward Moncreiffe
Members Mr P L Chan Mr Peter Crewe Mr Praveen Daswani Mr Mike Lee Mr Jimmy Poon Mr Ivan Tam Ms Winnie Wong Mr Derek Yung
Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Annual Reception 2020 originally scheduled for April was canceled. In this connection, the HKFI Chairman Mr Praveen Daswani presented a plaque as a token of thanks to our immediate past chairman Mr P L Chan at the AGM.
New Members
e-CPD, Virtual Class & Webinar
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warm welcome to OneDegree Hong Kong Limited and Zurich Life Insurance (Hong Kong) Limited for joining HKFI as General Insurance Member (GIM) and Life Insurance Member (LIM) respectively.
Resumption of IIQE
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n our circular issued on 24 April 2020, we provided all members some updates relating to the Insurance Authority’s Direct Licensing Regine (DLR) and the resumption of Insurance Intermediaries Qualifying Examination (IIQE). We are pleased to note that after weeks of suspension due to Covid-19 and the restrictions imposed by the Government, the VTC has decided to resume both in-house and public sessions of the IIQE. And in view of the keen demand accumulated during the service suspension, the VTC will endeavour to conduct as many sessions as possible in the coming weeks. For enquiries, please contact VTC (Circular Ref: Mv052/20).
o support continuous learning of member companies, we have launched the first e-CPD curriculum on ethics management through case studies and interactive online learning activities this month (Circular Ref: Mv040/20).
Our current face-to-face CPD training on regulation, ”Code of Conduct & six Sales-related Guidelines for Insurance Agents in the Direct Licensing Regime”, “Criminal, Civil and Regulatory Process for Licensed Insurance Agents” as well as industry developments, “Maximizing Benefits of the MPF” etc. can be delivered with the aid of virtual classroom. If you wish to enable your agents to acquire the much needed training while keeping social distancing, please contact our Training Unit via training@hkfi.org.hk for more details. We are also keen on providing industry insights for member companies with the use of learning technology. With this in mind, we conducted a webinar on Business Continuity Plan for insurers on 17 April 2020 with very positive response. Stay tuned as more webinars are in the pipeline.