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REPORT

Chartered Insurance Institute India holds

HR Roundtable Conference on Unlocking

Talent

through while writing the CII
papers, with nostalgia.
Tali and Sainesh from the Chartered
Insurance Institute shared the sur-
vey conducted by the CII (in associa-
tion with Business World) which
clearly shows one of the biggest
challenges which Insurance compa-
nies continue to face is 'attracting
and retaining talent'. Inadequate
availability of employable talent and
making raw talent employable are
the most critical challenges facing
insurance companies on the talent
front. Trust is extremely important
to consumers and the industry at
large. However, the legacy has been such that financial ser-
Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) held an HR Roundtable
vices (including insurance) and media are the least trusted
Conference at Hotel Marine Plaza, Mumbai on recently. The
sectors today. The main objective of this HR round table dis-
discussion was headed by Tali Shlomo - HR Director, CII UKand
cussion was to discuss ways of improving business opportu-
Sainesh Dar - Regional Director, CII South Asia. The conference
nities and raising consumer trust.
was attended by professionals and academicians from leading
insurance companies, brokers, educational institutes and CII's Many delegates felt that it was challenging to nurture their
training partners. in-house talents by offering them the required technical/
Praveen Gupta, Chartered
Insurer, former MD & CEO,
Raheja QBE General Insurance
Co. Ltd. and a well-known
thought leader in his opening
remark maintained that
professional qualifications
such as CII's not only help
improve employees' technical
knowledge, productivity and
creativity, but also bring in a
sense of ethics in their day-to-
day operations. He reminisced
the travails, he had to go
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