By Stephen Appiah/ Philip Mensah, GNA
Accra, July 21, GNA – The Chartered
Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG), on Friday inducted and admitted new
Fellows and Associates into the profession.
The event which was held under the theme:
“Ethical values for an effective insurance professional”, was part of
the profession’s knowledge management process to create a positive atmosphere
and a feeling of belonging.
The inductees included 19 Fellow and 179
Associates.
Professor Kwame Adom-Frimpong, the President
of Institute of Chartered Accountant Ghana, said the management of CIIG spared
no effort to groom and broaden the mindsets of new members with qualities that
would make them multifaceted professionals.
He said it is the desire of every
professional institute to enhance the career prospect of its members through
continuous career development programmes.
Professor Adom-Frimpong said the insurance
professionals cannot practice their own assumptions when they belong to a body
and they should be guided by ethical principles such as integrity in practice,
confidentiality and conflicts of interest amongst others.
“Without honesty and integrity, there
is no foundation of trust, the insurance industry cannot successfully operate
without their professionals being people of high integrity.
Professor Adom-Frimpong urged insurance
professionals to respect the dignity and worth of all and the rights of the
individual to privacy and self-determination.
Reverend Asante Marfo-Ahenkora, the
President of CIIG, said the chartered status remains the symbol of attainment
of the highest professional and ethical standard for insurance practitioners in
the country.
“We do this as part of efforts at
winning and securing public trust. Across the professional landscape, a
chartered status stands proud as an indicator of the highest standards of
learning and ethical behavior everywhere in the world “, he said.
Mr Michael Kofi Andoh, Deputy Commissioner
Insurance, said they should remember that the objective as limited liability
companies was not just to beat the companies but to generate sound returns on
the shareholders’ investment.
He urged the inductees to make the
profession and the industry proud in all their endeavors.
GNA
