Great Eastern Industrial Visit (Sem 1, 2015)

          On the 27^th of March, Sunway CPA Australia Student Charter (SCSC) organized an industrial visit for Sunway students to Great Eastern Insurance Company. We departed from Sunway University at 1.20 pm and reached Menara Great Eastern in Jalan Ampang at 2.30 pm. 

          Great Eastern is the top insurance company in Malaysia. It was established in 1908. Great Eastern’s slogan is ‘Life is Great’. To date, Great Eastern has 21 operational branch offices. Their products include life insurance plans, investment-linked plans, mortgage protection, business protection, employee benefits, medical insurance and group health benefit schemes. Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great Eastern Holdings Limited (GEH) and its ultimate holding company is Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (OCBC).

          When we arrived at the Menara Great Eastern, they welcomed us and led us to the Auditorium 2 for registration. The seminar then started with Mr. Dennis introducing Great Eastern, followed by the second speaker who briefed us about the history of Great Eastern. The following speaker, 
Mr. Alex showed us the marketing side of Great Eastern. After the introduction session there were question and answer session. Prizes were given for those of us who were able to answer the questions. The Q and A session was very well received.

 

          After the seminar we were led to the cafeteria for tea break. Varieties of food were served specially for us. Our industrial visit ended soon after our tea break. We conveyed our appreciation and bid goodbye to the Great Eastern team for their hospitality and thanked everyone from Great Eastern for making our visit a meaningful one. Finally we left Great Eastern building and made our way home around 5.30 pm.

         All of us agreed and concluded that we have met the objective of the industrial visit. Sunway students now have a more in-depth knowledge as to the working environment in Great Eastern. We believed these invaluable knowledge has enable to more or less visualize the working environment in the corporate world. Overall, the industrial visit to Great Eastern was a great experience and we noted the areas of improvement needed. Once again, we would like to thank Great Eastern for such an exciting and memorable trip. We would also like to thank all 58 participants.

Address   :Menara Great Eastern
                  303 Jalan Ampang
                  50450 Kuala Lumpur

Contact   : 03-4259 7888

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GreatEasternLifeMY
Website   : https://www.greateasternlife.com/my/en/personal-insurance.html

Written by: Yap Chew Kee

Edited by  : Goh Jong Kit and Nicole Chew E- Wen