Training


The professional service that insurance provides for the community needs to be rendered by trained staff. A new entrant is usually required to receive two to four years’ training in various areas of insurance before he can specialize in a particular field. Many large insurance companies provide in-house training courses to new entrants.


The Insurance Institute of Hong Kong started to organise a local diploma in 1988. In addition, courses for professional qualifications and continuous professional development covering the basic subjects of insurance, law and insurance principles are run by the Financial Services Development Centre of the Vocational Training Council. The courses are mainly based on the syllabus of the professional examinations and a lot of the local practices and cases have been incorporated.


In addition, the Financial Services Development Centre offers a number of short courses, part-time day and evening courses, specialist seminars and workshops for insurance personnel at various levels.

The following is the typical training paths of insurance personnel:


You may contact the following institutes for more details about the relevant training courses:

The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers
29/F, Sunshine Plaza, 353 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
2520 1868
http://www.hkfi.org.hk

The Insurance Institute of Hong Kong
Room 1705, Beverly House, 93-107 Lockhart Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
2520 0098
http://www.iihk.org.hk

Financial Services Development Centre, Vocational Training Council
9/F, VTC Tower, 27 Wood Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong
2836 1850
http://www.peak.vtc.euu.hk

IVE Admissions Office, The Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
Room 012, Academic Block, IVE (Chai Wan), 30 Shing Tai Road, Chai Wan
2897 6111
http://www.vtc.edu.hk/iveadmissions
iveado@vtc.edu.hk

Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong
2859 2466
http://www.hku.hk/statistics

Hong Kong Securities Institute
Room 2403-08, 24/F, Wing On Centre, 111 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong
3120 6100
http://www.hksi.org

Business Programmes Office, Lingnan University
8 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, New Territories
2616 8750
http://www.ln.edu.hk

Remarks: The course brochures / leaflets of respective institutions are also available at the Careers Information Centre of the Labour Department for the reference of interested parties.


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