Cyana Burgess Earns $30K BILTIR Scholarship
BILTIR awarded a $30,000 scholarship to Cyana Burgess, with Ms Burgess set to continue studying Actuarial Science and Data Analytics at the University of Leicester in the UK.
A spokesperson said, “Bermuda International Long Term Insurers and Reinsurers [BILTIR] has announced a $30,000 education award to Cyana Burgess.
“Ms. Burgess, who is interning this summer with life insurer Monument Re, will use the money over the next two years to continue studying Actuarial Science and Data Analytics at the University of Leicester in the UK.
“Ms Burgess, a former Berkeley Institute student, graduated from the J. Mack Robinson College at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, this year with a Bachelor of Business Administration, Actuarial Science and Finance, with a minor in Spanish.”
“I want to thank BILTIR and the board for choosing me as the recipient of this education award,” said Ms Burgess. “I am incredibly honoured and grateful that I have been given the chance to further my educational growth for an even more plentiful career in Bermuda’s reinsurance industry.”
Ms Burgess has previously taken part in internship programmes organised by BILTIR. She spent 2018 and 2019 with Global Atlantic Re, where she was mentored by the company’s President Darryl Herrick. Mr. Herrick will also be mentoring Ms Burgess for the next two years.
“I have known and worked with Cyana for multiple years and can say without hesitation that she is truly deserving of this award,” said Mr. Herrick.
“Cyana is incredibly hard working, intensely driven, and she brings a highly collegial and optimistic attitude to work every day. I am so proud of what she has achieved thus far and can’t wait to see her career continue to develop and prosper. Cyana represents the very best of Bermuda.”
BILTIR represents 61 long-term insurance, reinsurance and servicing companies in Bermuda who provide life and annuity products and employ more than 600 people on the island. This year, BILTIR is celebrating ten years of successfully supporting the island’s growing life and annuities market.”
A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to this young lady, her family and mentor!! This truly warms my heart in the mist of all the negativity in this island!