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SINGAPORE
CII GOODWILL AMBASSADORS
YOUNG SINGAPOREANS ACHIEVE ACII IN UNDER A YEAR
The CII international team now has 12 goodwill ambassadors around the world, voluntarily assisting with promoting CII qualifications and professional standards to achieve the core goal of building public trust in insurance. All are voluntary, qualified members, experienced in the profession and will be communicating with local businesses, advocating the
importance of professional qualifications and sharing best practice to influence sector frameworks. The ambassadors are: Hassan Karim and Russel Effandy, Indonesia; Sean Lin and Gigi Chen, China; Mark Cooper and Suresh Nair, Dubai; Dr Tonia Smart, Nigeria; Zulfiqar Ali Khan, Pakistan; Wenpeng Li, China; Rev. Asante MarfoAhenkora, Ghana; Farzana Chowdhury, Bangladesh; and Mihir Vora, India.
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SCI VISIT LONDON
Karine Kam, CEO of the Singapore College of Insurance (SCI) and partner of the CII in Singapore, visited London recently with her MA group. The SCI annually organises an International Exposure Programme in London for its MAs when they complete their two-year full-time ACII studies to give them an international perspective of insurance. Next year, SCI will be organising a two-week intensive technical International Insurance Programme, supported by the CII, the Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters, the
Insurance Institute of London (IIL), London Market Group and LMA Academy under the Lloyd’s Market Association with site visits and networking opportunities. The practical programme which seeks to raise technical expertise through tapping on London practitioners with deep expertise and experience, is open to a diverse mix of high-potential young and midlevel professionals from the London market, including MAs from Singapore and young professionals from ASEAN.
Jeremy Chia and Edwin Choo, both underwriting assistants at Aspen Insurance have each achieved their ACII designation in under a year. Each of them are graduates selected to be part of Singapore’s flagship talent development programme – Insurance management associate programme (iMAP). It is a structured fast-track talent programme that offers the management associates (MAs) valuable industry-experience through various cross-functional rotations, mentorship, international exposure and special activities. Mr Chia said he believed that the educational resources and support from the Singapore College of Insurance (SCI) have placed him in a very unique position where students can see how academic knowledge transpires in daily work as an underwriting assistant at Aspen. He added: “I believe it is the fruition of the faith my lecturers and industry-mentors have placed in me; and my personal commitment to do the best I can in what I do- through persistence, perseverance and tenacity.” Mr Choo said: “Completing the ACII designation within 10 months is more a matter of conscientiously putting aside time away from work to complete the assignments.” “It also helped that I had strong support from my colleagues who were readily available to discuss or expound on more technical aspects of the assignments.”
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