In Episode One of The Insurance Apprentice you will meet eight bright, young industry professionals who will make sure that you will not miss one episode of this series. You will be hooked after this episode!

You will also hear from Simon Colman, Head of Commercial Solutions for SHA, who is the new head judge, and Vuyo Lee, independent consultant and third year judge, what they will be looking for throughout the tasks. Colman and Lee will be sharing what they believe the qualities are of a winner and what exactly it is that they will be looking for when judging. “It’s all about balancing teamwork, while still standing out as a strong individual”, Simon stressed.

The series once again attracted the cream of the crop in terms of apprentices as well as a record amount of sponsors, which we are eternally thankful for. One of our very important sponsors of this series is FNB Insurance Brokers who hosted the apprentices at the FNB Conference and Learning Centre throughout filming week. This is a very important sponsorship and we would like to thank them for this.

Meet them all

The 2017 apprentices are Kabelo Paile, Keith Bester, Kurt Stanley, Lisa Foster, Mutoda Mahamba, Nick Kadima, Palesa Bolofo and Sicelo Mlotshwa.  

Episode one sponsor

Aon South Africa is the sponsor of the first Episode of The Insurance Apprentice 2017. “Aon is proud to support the Insurance Apprentice in its journey to attracting the right talent into our industry and positioning insurance as a career of choice,” said Liza Kok.

The ultimate prize

The winner of The Insurance Apprentice 2017 wins a  a trip to Lloyds of London, sponsored by Lloyds of London and a bursary, sponsored by Inseta, to further their studies.

Stay tuned

Episodes will be released every Friday for the next eight weeks.

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