A renowned pathologist and a former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Prof. Agyemang Badu Akosa has called on insurance professionals to ‘abide by professionalism and ethics of the insurance profession’.

The renowned Professor made this call when he addressed 81 graduands during the 11^th graduation ceremony of the Ghana Insurance College (GIC).

He also used the occasion to express worry over the technical aspect of particularly life insurance which restricts persons at age 60 and above from being provided insurance cover. He was of the view that persons in that age bracket are some of the people who need insurance the most and called on practitioners to take this into consideration when designing insurance policies.

The GIC is the country’s premier professional training institution for insurance professionals and has so far produced 251 associates under the UK-based Chartered Insurance Institute (CII-UK) since its establishment in 2006.

Some 81 students graduated with diplomas and certificates awarded jointly by the GIC and the Malta International Training Centre (MITC), Malta.

In his remarks, the Commissioner of Insurance, Mr Justice Ofori intimated that a vibrant insurance industry depended largely on the development of its manpower needs hence the role of the GIC in the scheme of things. He also called on graduands to be disciplined in their chosen career pursuits and be minded that ‘what has been hidden from the wise and the prudent, will be revealed to you’, he admonished.

Students who stood out in various modules/subjects during the academic year were recognized and presented with special awards with the Overall Best Student prize going to Ms Rita Apau.

The Director of the GIC, Mr Richard Okyere, in the state of the College address, expressed delight by the fact that the College had developed a distinctive training module that integrates practice and theory of insurance. He also used the opportunity to call on key stakeholders for their continuous support for the College.

The GIC has a mission ‘to train, develop and mentor insurance professionals to excel in the practice of insurance profession’. Its principal stakeholders are the National Insurance Commission (NIC), the Ghana Insurers Association (GIA), the Ghana Insurance Brokers Association (GIBA) and the Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG).