Association to certify life insurance agents<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Life Insurance Association (AAJI) has issued a
\npolicy requiring all life insurance agents across the country to
\nregister themselves with the association for training and
\ncertification.<\/p>\n
Association vice chairman Eveline F. Pietruschka said on
\nTuesday that the policy, which aims to standardize the quality of
\nall life insurance agents in the country, had been approved by
\nthe government.<\/p>\n
\"We need to certify our agents to protect the public and the
\npolicyholders from fraud,\" said Eveline on the sidelines of a
\nceremony to launch the association's data center.<\/p>\n
The first training is scheduled from March 1 to August 31.<\/p>\n
She said that AAJI had formed a task force to prepare all
\n\"infrastructure\" for the certification, including standards that
\nshould be met by agents, a syllabus for training and tests that
\nagents have to pass in order to get certificates. Data about the
\nagents will be available at the newly launched data center.<\/p>\n
She added that the association had been greatly assisted by
\nthe Singapore College of Insurance in creating the certification
\nprogram.<\/p>\n
Under Ministerial Decree No. 426\/2003, the association has the
\ntask of educating and training the country's life insurance
\nagents and the authority to certify them. There are about 80,000
\nlife insurance agents nationwide.<\/p>\n
Insurance Director the Ministry of Finance Firdaus Djaelani
\nsaid the government approved the association's policy as it would
\nboost the quality of the country's insurance agents.<\/p>\n
\"The current condition is not healthy: there are just few
\nqualified agents in the market,\" said Firdaus.<\/p>\n
According to him, the government would issue a regulation on
\nSept. 1 barring life insurance firms from selling their products
\nvia uncertified agents. The public will also be urged not to buy
\nfrom such agents.<\/p>",
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