| June 29, 2004 - Hong Kong – American International Assurance Company (Bermuda) Limited (AIA) announced that it has cooperated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) to specially design the Executive Leadership Management Program, for AIA’s agency leaders. The program aims to further raise agents’ standard of professional knowledge and skills, and help them to obtain Degree or other qualifications.
AIA believes that people are the most valuable assets of the company. The company first set up its own training facilities and equipment. In addition, the company has proactively explored and offered various channels for their agents to further study. Executive Leadership Management Program is a brand-new credit accumulative training program offered by Management and Executive Development Centre (MEDC) of PolyU. Agency leaders of AIA can enroll in courses at their own choices and pace of study. The whole program contains five main categories which include Insurance & other related Courses, Management Courses, Personal Financial Planning Courses, Marketing Courses, and Communication Skills & Information Technology Courses.
The program recognizes students’ past academic qualifications and professional designations. Credit transfer will be granted to students upon approval. Upon accumulating required credits, students will obtain PolyU SPEED Professional and Continuing Education designations such as Bachelor Degree, Associate Degree, Diploma, and Certificate. The program is available for enrollment in June 2004.
Alwin Lam, Executive Vice President & General Manager of AIA said, “we are glad to collaborate with the University to provide this program for our agency leaders. The Polytechnic University is committed to offering a broad range of application-oriented programs. We believe that the program will act as a very good platform to equip our front-line agents and assist them to reach greater heights in their career.” |
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Mr
Alwin Lam, Executive Vice President & General Manager of AIA
(right) joins hands with Dr. Lui Sun Wing, Vice President
(Partnership Development) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
to launch the Executive Leadership Management Program. The
new program is aimed at sharpening the professional skills
of insurance practitioners in Hong Kong.
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“Hong Kong has become a knowledge driven society. To cope with the changes in the 21st century, it is unquestionable that lifelong learning is crucial for insurance professionals. Therefore, I will encourage our agency leaders to act as a role model and capitalize on this opportunity to enhance the professional knowledge, ethical standard as well as service standard,” Lam added.
Dr. Lui Sun Wing, Vice President (Partnership Development) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University said, “Executive Leadership Management Program is a training program tailor-made exclusively for the agency leaders of AIA. We believe it can provide the agency leaders with an opportunity to enhance personal competitiveness and professional knowledge. We will continue to work closely with AIA and look forward to providing our services to the agency leaders of AIA.”
AIA is one of the most prestigious and reliable insurance brands in Hong Kong and Asia. It has the strongest sales force of close to 9,000 agents in Hong Kong. AIA believes that quality people is the cornerstone for the success of the company. Hence, AIA has invested tremendous resources in people development. AIA has the most well established training facilities in the industry. The AIA Insurance Professional Institute (AIAIPI) was set up in 1994. Every year, AIAIPI conducts more than 30 professional courses for agents of AIA.
AIA is Southeast Asia’s largest life insurer, with branch offices and affiliated companies located in countries and jurisdictions including China, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Brunei, Guam, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand. The Company has been assigned ‘AAA’ insurer financial strength rating by global credit rating service Standard & Poor’s. In Hong Kong, AIA has also been assigned ‘Aaa’ the highest rating, by premier financial rating agency Moody’s. AIA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), the world’s leading international insurance and financial services organization.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was established in 1972 and assumed full university status in 1994. With 26 academic departments and three centres grouped under six Faculties, PolyU offers a broad range of application-oriented programs at levels ranging from higher diploma and bachelor’s degrees through to master’s and doctoral degrees. In addition, the University established its School of Processional Education and Executive Development (SPEED) and Institute for Enterprise (IfE) in 1999 to provide professional consultant, training and applied research services for corporations both in private and public sectors. Through these activities, PolyU maintains a strong partnership with the business and industrial sectors.
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