Bermudians Travel Overseas For BFIS Programs
Over 50 insurance and industry‐related companies will be hosting interns for meetings, presentations, and work‐shadowing during the three Bermuda Foundation For Insurance Studies [BFIS] overseas ‘Intro‐to‐insurance’ programmes, with four Bermudian undergraduates traveling to London last weekend and eight more heading out this weekend to Atlanta and Chicago.
Cathy Lapsley, BFIS Executive Director, said, “This is 12th year we have been able to offer students the opportunity to learn all they can about the insurance business in overseas markets; Chicago started in 2006, London in 2008 and Atlanta in 2012.
“We have found that these two short weeks can make an immeasurable difference to the students and help them to clearly focus on the direction their career will take. The number of students who have participated in the BFIS intern programmes totals 145, with almost all of those who have graduated now working in the insurance sector.”
Chicago and Atlanta interns Julia Judd, Kayla Virgil‐Darrell, Anthony Howell, Tracey DeSouza, Sihle Paynter, Niambi Landy‐Philpott, Carmela Robinson, Elizabeth Froud, Jasmine Dawson & Tyler Kerr:
“It takes a lot of organization and planning to coordinate these programmes and BFIS appreciates the help we get from the Katie School of Insurance and Finance alumni with the Chicago programme; and in Atlanta from former BFIS President Mark Lima of Arch and from Georgia State University.
“Of course we could not run these programmes without the wonderful support of the many companies and their staff, many having hosted our interns every year since the overseas programmes started.”
A spokesperson said, “BFIS Trustees Terry Pimentel and JP Dyer met with the interns at their briefing lunches and emphasized the need to research both the companies and the people they would be meeting, and three of the 2016 interns, Tatyana Butterfield [London], Tyler Kerr [Atlanta] and Julia Judd [Chicago] were also on hand to answer questions about what to expect and how to make the most of this opportunity.”
London interns Conor Lohan, Evan Watkins and Dominick Wright with Tatyana Butterfield:
“A presentation by all the 2017 intern groups will take place at lunchtime on July 31 at KPMG. Students interested in applying for the 2017 programmes are welcome to attend and should email BFIS at info@bfis.bm.
The Atlanta interns are Jasmine Dawson [Classics/Winchester], Elizabeth Froud [Psychology and HR/St. Mary’s], Niambi Landy‐Philpott [Math and Statistics/Acadia], and Carmela Robinson [Risk Management and Insurance/Temple].
“The Chicago interns are Tracey DeSouza [Accounting/Georgia State], Anthony Howell [Political Science/New Jersey City], Sihle Paynter [Global Management/Ryerson], Kayla Virgil‐Darrell [Actuarial Science/St. John’s].
“The London interns are Chris Alexander [Accounting and Finance/Bristol], Conor Lohan [Economics/McGill], Evan Watkins [Business Management and Marketing/Stirling], Dominick Wright [Insurance and Risk Management/Wharton].”
What a wonderful program BFIS!!! Congrats to each of the students participating in this wonderful opportunity, especially Anthony Howell, Carmela Robison and Kayla Virgil-Darrell!!! All the best!