‘Dearth of talent’ in takaful industry

Malaysian takaful players are poised for a dearth in talent and must prepare their human resource (HR) requirements to avert the inevitable situation within the next five years. This is due to the fact that takaful players will have to hire more people following the introduction of the Islamic Financial Act (IFSA) 2013 which requires them to separate their family and general takaful businesses into separate entities. There is already a shortage of valuable industry personnels not just in the takaful industry but also in the conventional insurance industry now and this will be exacerbated when the IFSA comes into force.