Swiss Re GBS India collaborates with IIRM

Hyderabad: Swiss Re signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Insurance and Risk Management (IIRM), an organisation dedicated for providing executive education across the financial services sector. The partnership is aimed at catalysing synergies to strengthen re/insurance academia in India. Swiss Re Global Business Solutions India will collaborate closely with IIRM on its Post Graduate Degree in Management, offering short modules, conducting lectures on re/insurance topics, and creating opportunities for IIRM students through internships and job placements.

Amit Kalra, Swiss Re's Head GBS Centres India said: "This collaboration will be a building block towards structuring and elevating capabilities across the entire insurance value chain. Together with IIRM, we will work to equip the industry with upskilled professionals, who play an important role in building India's resilience and narrowing the nation's insurance protection gap."

Swiss Re and IIRM together will undertake industry research to improve overall knowledge on the insurance ecosystem to enhance capability building programs in India's insurance industry while exploring the possibility of Swiss Re becoming a representative member on IIRM's advisory panel and Academic Governing Council. Suresh Mathur, Managing Director of IIRM, added: "We are happy to partner with Swiss Re. We hope that this joint effort will benefit students by helping them develop into responsible and professional talents within the industry. We trust and value Swiss Re's expertise and deep understanding of the insurance ecosystem, and that they will bring global best practices to better prepare students for a dynamic professional environment."