He has been in the insurance industry for more than thirty five years handling all aspects of general and life insurance in the areas of management, marketing, underwriting, claims, finance, investment, accounts and statistics, credit control, reinsurance, broking, net-working and distribution, training and leadership roles. He started his career as a clerk with a life insurance company (1972-1974) and thereafter a credit controller in a general insurance company (1974-1975). He joined a local insurance company in 1975 as an accounts assistant. He assumed the position of Manager of an insurance broking company in 1978. Subsequently, he ventured into business of an insurance agency from 1982 and has remained so until 2001. Subsequently, he was an Assistant General Manager (Commercial Lines Management) with a local insurance company. Currently he is a Practitioner in the scope of Training, Talent & Skills Development, Insurance Arbitration, Insurance claims consultancy & management, Insurance & Reinsurance Consultancy & Risk Management and Insurance Skills & Technical Enhancement Programme (INSTEP). Since 1982, he is involved on a part-time basis in education. He lectures and acts as course leader with the Malaysian Insurance Institute on various courses and training aspects, public seminars and conferences as well as lectures in private institutes and colleges, and financial institutions.
This book is the result of the author's many years of experience and observation throughout his 26 years in the stockbroking industry. It was written for general public to learn to invest based on facts and not on fantasies or hearsay....