Published: 21 October 2013

SEVENTY insurance practitioners, who attended the restructured Insurance Institute of Zimbabwe summer school in Nyanga, on Wednesday received certificates after successfully completing tasks that they were assigned after the summer school.

Ten of the practitioners also walked away with awards with Mr Oliver Madziwire of Altfin being the biggest winner at the graduation ceremony after landing the top prize.

The graduates were asked to come up with business models to start a business as part of their practical under the entrepreneurial leadership topic.

The activity was one of the new innovations that the IIZ introduced this year to make the summer school more interactive as opposed to being a platform where delegates only listen to presentation by an array of speakers.

IIZ president Mr Chomi Makina who was the guest of honour said the decision to revamp the summer school was taken to bridge the knowledge gap in the insurance industry.

"After assessing the knowledge gap in the industry, we decided that Summer School would also play a part in bridging that gap. In this respect, we came up with a new structure which is interactive.

You are the first class to go through this structure which heralds exciting times and a conducive learning platform for delegates.

Gone are the days when Summer School was a conference where delegates would come and listen to speakers," he said.
- Herald

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