Insurance Institute of India to support Sri Lanka Insurance Institute enhance insurance education

A high ranking team from the Insurance Institute of India (III) visited Sri Lanka recently.

The team comprised P. Venugopal (Secretary General), Dr. George Thomas (Professor Research and Non-Life), A. Mukherjee (Director), B.S. Rathaur (Secretary) and N.D. Kokare (Secretary). Kartik Pande, 1st Secretary of the High Commission of India, also joined the discussions.

Representing the Sri Lanka Insurance Institute, Thusitha Nandasiri (President), Pubudu Wimalaratne (Vice President), Asoka Sirisena (Secretary), Sanjiv Keerthiratne (Immediate Past President) and Udeni Kiridena (Chief Executive Officer) joined for the discussions on exploring the possibilities of enhancing the insurance education and development of the insurance knowledge in the industry.

Legendary insurance personality Chandra Schaffter, Life Insurance Corporation of Sri Lanka (LIC) CEO Sathish Babu and Harvind Singh of LIC also participated in the discussions.

The two institutes will work closely to develop methods to enhance insurance education in Sri Lanka and thereby create more insurance professionals to face the challenges of tomorrow.