Insurance professionals from across the Caribbean will gather at the Trinidad Hilton and Conference Centre from Wednesday at the 18th Annual Insurance Education Conference hosted by the Association of Insurance Institutes of the Caribbean (AIIC) in collaboration with the T&T Insurance Institute (TTII).
Speakers at the three-day event will include Susan Francois, director, Financial Intelligence Unit of T&T; Dr Acolla Lewis-Cameron, lecturer and head of Management Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus; Brevard Nelson, co-founder and COO of Caribbean Ideas Limited; Cecil Jaipaul, managing director, Jaipaul Consulting–Canada and L Anthony Watkins, CEO/ principal consultant of Odyssey ConsultT Inc Limited.
Ruth Lake, AIIC president, said the conferences is held in different islands every year with the intention of fostering integration among people in the field of financial services in the Caribbean. As experience and expertise leave the doors of insurance companies regionally because of Baby Boomer retirement, the industry has turned its attention to ensuring that the next batch of middle managers are fully prepared, she added.
Topics to be covered are Digital Strategy–Using the technology to grow, Global Changes and the effects on the Caribbean Insurance Industry, On the Edge–Managing Risk in a Competitive Environment, Customer Service–Before and After the Sale, On the Couch–Guide to effective Leadership.