‘Insurance industry has plenty of jobs for graduates’

LAHORE: Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood has said that there are a lot of opportunities available in the insurance sector in Pakistan and PU Hailey College of Banking and Finance (HCBF) is committed to provide skilled graduates according to the demands of the industry. He was addressing a seminar on ‘Insurance and Takaful’ organised by Punjab University Hailey College of Banking and Finance here on Wednesday.

HCBF Principal Dr Ahmed Muneeb Mehta, Chairman of Insurance Association of Pakistan North Region M Hisham, senior officials from insurance industry, faculty members and students were present on this occasion. Career fair was also inaugurated on this occasion.

Prof Dr Khalid Mahmood, in his address, said that the insurance industry has plenty of employment opportunities for graduates. He said that due to the growing demand of graduates in the field, new academic programmes have been started in the college. He said that even some doctors and engineers have also joined the field of insurance.

M Hisham said that as soon as the students get the required skills, they start getting higher offers in the market. He said that new opportunities have been created in life insurance and health insurance sectors.

He said that Islamic insurance in the name of Takaful is also being promoted worldwide. Dr Ahmed Muneeb said that Hailey College of Banking and Finance has established strong linkages with the insurance industry. He said that the college organised a career fair to provide employment opportunities to the students.

The curriculum has been designed according to the requirements of the market. He said that the graduates of HCBF are working on important positions in all insurance companies, he informed. Later, the VC and others visited various stalls at the career fair in which the country's major insurance companies have set up their stalls to interview the students for hiring.