As a member of the Association of African Insurance Educators and Trainers (AAIET) WAII promotes practical training programmes for Middle level Managers of Insurance Institutions in the West Africa sub-region.

However, due to its achievements in these areas in two decades and its potentials to provide the much needed human resources development and training at all levels of management, the Institute has been refocused to provide training programmes that would meet changing business needs of the insurance market in the sub-region.

New training programmes have been designed from the year 2002 as follows:



1.INSURANCE FOUNDATION CERTIFICATE COURSE (IFC)

This programme is designed as a stand-alone qualification in Insurance. It is the first for anyone who is entering into insurance without any insurance background or prerequisite qualification for entry into the WAII one-year programme in Banjul, The Gambia. The IFC consist of the following courses:

FCO1 - Insurance, the Market, Legal and Regulatory Background
FCO2 - Communication Skills
FCO3 - Introduction to General Insurance Business
FCO4 - Introduction of Life Assurance Business
FCO5 - Insurance Marketing and Agency Management.

2. ONE YEAR DIPLOMA PROGRAMME

This is a step beyond the IFC. It is one year full-time Residential Course in Banjul, The Gambia. The programme is designed on two-semester basis to cover Technical (TC) Management (MC) and General Courses (GC) as well as handle a project work in chosen are of Insurance studies. The subjects on semester basis are as follows:
 

1st	Semester	2nd	semester
TC:101	Basis Principles Of Insurance	TC:201	Motor Insurance
GC:102	Risk Management	TC:202	Personal and Liability Insurance
GC:103	Business Environment	TC:203	Special Risks Insurance and World Trade
GC:104	Business Communication and Report Writing	TC:204	Property and Pecuniary Insurance
GC:105	Business Law and Insurance	TC:205	Principles & Practice Reinsurance
GC:106	Pension Planning and Administration	TC:206	Agriculture Insurance
TC:107	Life Assurance Practice and Taxation	MC:207	Insurance Marketing & Agency Management
TC:108	Financial Aspects of long term business and Investment	MC:208	Principle and Practice of Insurance  Management
MC:109	Insurance Regulation and Supervision	MC:209	Quantitative Methods in Management
MC110	Accounting and finance for Managers in Insurance	PW210	Research Methods and  Project Work

3 SHORT TERM COURSES

These are in-house training programmes run for Organisations on demand. Short Term courses are arranged for year 2002 as follows:

STC: 01 Life Assurance Product Development and Market Programme
STC: 02 The Art of Insurance marketing
STC:03 Bond and Credit Insurance Underwriting
STC:04 Reinsurance Accents
STC:05 Risk Management Course
STC:06 Insurance Accounting Course
STC:07 Insurance Management Course
STC:08 Marine Cargo Insurance Programme
STC:09 Insurance Agency Management Course
STC:10 Agricultural Insurance Course

Each of these programmes is for week duration and the fee is US $200.

4. ADVANCED CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE PRACTICE

The Institute has plans to start the Advance programme by the year 2004 with specialisation in the following areas:

ACC:01 General Insurance Business
ACC:02 Life Assurance Business
ACC:03 Reinsurance Business
ACC:04 Insurance Broking
ACC:05 Professional Life Assurance Salesmanship
ACC:06 Health Insurance
ACC:07 Insurance Management

These programmes are for three months duration and they will be run at Banjul, The Gambia.

 

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