Great Eastern Takaful

Great Eastern #Takaful appoints Shahrul Azlan as new CEO

Great Eastern Takaful has appointed Shahrul Azlan Shahriman as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Shahrul Azlan was the Chief Distribution Officer in Prudential BSN Takaful, with local and international experience in multichannel distribution. Great Eastern Takaful Chairman, Datuk Kamaruddin Taib said Shahrul Azlan was the best person to steer the company given his vast experience and established track record. He added that in Malaysia there was tremendous potential for Great Eastern Takaful to serve the underinsured and fast-growing Islamic insurance market in the country.

Great Eastern Takaful Aims To Be Profitable By End-December

Great Eastern Takaful aims to be profitable by end-December and be among the top three players in the local takaful business, according to Chief Executive Officer Zafri Ab Halim. The company has registered growth which was mainly attributed to improvements from its corporate agency and bancatakaful channel. Great Eastern Takaful will continue growing its agency distribution via direct and dual agency as a key distribution channel as well as develop and launch products catered primarily for the Muslims' market. The joint-venture company between Great Eastern Holdings Ltd unit, I Great Capital Holdings Sdn Bhd and Koperasi Angkatan Tentera (M) Bhd, yesterday changed its status from a private to a public entity in line with the requirement of the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013.

Business Development Executive

Key Skills Well versed with the Takaful Act and Shariah fundamental.
Responsibilities:
· Report to Business Development Manager, Partnership Distribution
· Responsible to assist in achieving sales deliverables, executing set business plan, focusing on building relationship with partners.
· Undertaking business development activities i.e. new business acquisition and customer retention, rapport building, sales campaign and seminars, incentive program, etc. [...]

Actuarial Manager, Malaysia

· Assist Head of Actuarial and Product Development in carrying out all his duties including statutory and managerial roles
· Ensure all actuarial task relations to new product development and pricing is carried out according to BNM and company guidelines.
· Provide actuarial support to Finance, Operations, Marketing and other departments including external partners
· Train and develop junior staffs

Great Eastern Takaful appoints new CEO

Great Eastern Takaful Sdn Bhd (Great Eastern Takaful) has appointed Zafri Abdul Halim as the CEO, effective from March 1, 2013. Before, he was the company’s chief financial officer. Zafri holds a Master of Science in Project Management from George Washington University and a Bachelors Degree in Accountancy in addition to being a member of Malaysian Institute of Accountant and a certified Chartered Accountant. He said, Great Eastern Takaful will pursue its main strategies in penetrating the local market with its dual agency approach and direct agency under Great Eastern Takaful Own Agency (GOA).

Customer Service Representative, The Weld

•Possess minimum SPM with strong credits in English and Mathematics or STPM. Diploma in Business related courses is preferred.

•Preferably with one year customer service experience in a shopping centre or the hospitality industry

•Good command of English and Bahasa Malaysia. Ability to speak Mandarin would be advantageous

Software Engineer - Cobol, Smart/400

•Degree, Post-Graduate Diploma or Professional degree in Computer Science/ Information Technology or equivalent preferably with 1-2 years' experience in applications development

•Programming skills in either of the following: Cobol, Smart/400 (Training will be provided)

•Experience in building Insurance System will be advantageous

Note: Fresh graduates who are interested to have a career in IT are encouraged to apply.

Great Eastern looks east

Great Eastern Takaful will spread its presence across the Indonesian border in 2012.
GE Takaful hopes that by moving into the developing Islamic insurance market in the world’s most populous Muslim state, it will rapidly assume a top three market position.

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