In a first-of-its-kind initiative in the region, Jordan Insurance Federation (JIF) will offer employees of local insurers free training starting this year, announced the Federation.
JIF’s 2020 training plan consists of 21 training courses scheduled to start in January. The scheme will provide complimentary passes for two employees from each local insurer for each course.
Mr Maher Al-Hussein, director general of JIF said this initiative follows the success which JIF’s 2019 training plan achieved at the local and regional level.
“The positive feedback we have received from the local and regional markets have encouraged us to launch this initiative. JIF courses have attracted trainees from various domestic and Arab insurers and other economic sectors. The training plans are also in line with JIF’s goal of enhancing insurance awareness and improving the level of the profession locally and regionally,” said Mr Al-Hussein.
In 2019, JIF offered training to 813 professionals, including 727 from Jordan and 86 from other Arab countries.
Besides the traditional topics, the new training plan will cover a wide range of subjects which have become increasingly important to the industry, said Mr Al-Hussein. IT, claims management in general and medical insurance lines, pricing of motor and medical insurance, are some of the areas of interest.
To offer added value to the training content, JIF will collaborate with professional institutions, including PwC and Tawfiq Gargour Group (authorised agents of Mercedes-Benz in MENA), to address topical fields such as HR issues, improving managerial skills, and the use of technology and social media to promote insurance.
Mr Al-Hussein stressed that the 2020 training plan and the new initiative embodies JIF’s endeavour to consolidate and entrench its position as a regional training centre in insurance.
JIF will also hold a number of complimentary workshops that address several topics in various branches of insurance in addition to financial topics of interest to insurers. M