Set to host highly anticipated tape-ball tournament today

Insurance Institute of Guyana…

The Insurance Institute of Guyana will be staging a five-over per 7-a-side knock out tape ball competition today at the Guyana National Industrial Company (GNIC) Sports Club located on Woolford Avenue from 11:00h.

Some of the action that will be featured in the tournament

According to President of the Institute, Anil Singh, nine teams have so far registered; Hand-in-Hand, Raj Insurance, Assuira, Diamond, GTM NAFICO, GCIS, Demerara Mutual and Caricom Insurance. Singh said that the brokers including APEX, MP, P and P, IBGL and Abdool and Abdool will team up with the Insurance companies to form the various teams
The trophies were donated by the companies and will be at stake as the top four teams from the preliminary round games will contest the semi-finals.
Other events that are carded for day are sack race, while there will also be entertainment for the children. Singh said that this is the first time the institute, which is located at North Road and King Street, is engaging in such an activity and they are all excited.

Insurance Institute of Guyana President, Anil Singh

He pointed out that the Institute encourages people to study and to some extent provide materials for them to do so, adding that there is a social activity committee on the institute that is responsible for events; this committee he said comprises members of the various insurance companies.
Singh foresees this activity will be attended by members of the various insurance companies and its employees.
The Institute which is an arm of the Insurance Association of Guyana is responsible for training and education in the industry.
Insurance Association of the Caribbean, Inc (IAC) was the “brainchild” of a small group of visionaries (industry leaders from Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana and Barbados) who wanted to prepare the indigenous insurance industry for the future challenges of the remaining century. Its membership is diverse with a large contingent of registered affiliates located throughout the Caribbean, Canada, Europe and the United States that specialise in every field of insurance.