A total of 63 participants participated in a webinar entitled “How the Industry is Helping Participants during this COVID-19 Pandemic” on 29 September 2020. The webinar was a joint effort between the Malaysian Takaful Association (MTA) with the Faculty of Business (FOB). The webinar was conducted by Mr. Wearn Qian Soon, an assistant manager (STMKB Actuarial Valuation) from the MTA.
The objective of the webinar was to boost awareness on the role of the industry as well as to guide students on how to deal with challenging situations amid COVID-19 outbreak. The speaker elaborated on several measures that the company had implemented to help the affected parties including providing an extension of their Takaful payment, conveying possible solutions to the clients as well as having a series of talks to the public in creating the awareness on the importance of financial health.