GIC Advance Diploma starts again in January

The Chartered Insurance Institute of London (CII), United Kingdom has accorded recognition to the Advance Diploma programme being awarded by the Ghana Insurance College.

Richard Okyere- Director, Ghana Insurance College, briefing the media said the GIC will start courses leading to the award of the Advance Diploma from January, 2020.

He pointed out that CII UK withdrew its exemption to holders of GIC Advance Diploma in 2014 because they did not agree with the assessment. Adding that, Ghana was not the only country that had the exemptions withdrawn.

Okyere admitted that after series of meeting with CII UK Management of recent time, they agreed to reinstate it. He said since his assumption of office as Director of the College a lot of innovations have taken place in the college.

GIIC with the collaboration with the National Insurance Commission have come out with a programme to train youth and salesmanship to sell insurance products in the move to improve insurance penetration in the country.

The GIC has called for training about 10,000 holders of degree’s, Diploma holders across the country so far 6,000 has applied and about 2,000 have graduated. Grandaunts of this programme are so far in high demand from the companies he revealed.

The director pointed out that companies could come to the NIC to request for these graduates. 

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