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MENTORING

Meeting a Need

Established by leaders of Bermuda's insurance industry in 1996, BFIS is tasked with ensuring that Bermudian students are provided with opportunities to attain the education and training necessary for careers in Bermuda's insurance industry.

This is being achieved through scholarships, mentoring, internships and career guidance.

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THE BFIS MENTOR NETWORK PROGRAMME is designed to match students, planning or starting a career in insurance, with practicing professionals already working in Bermuda’s insurance industry. The programme serves to develop a relationship between each student “mentee” and an individual “mentor”, with the hope of providing the student with an avenue for support, advice and career development.

Programmes such as this traditionally provide support and personal feedback for students embarking on specific career paths, introduce students to industry networks, and yield more realistic perspectives of corporations and positions in the student’s chosen field.

Mentors and mentees usually agree to meet informally on a regular basis to discuss career, personal or academic goals and activities.  They might attend industry functions together, visit in the corporate setting, or network in other ways.

Over the years we have learned that mentors and mentees prefer to set their own meeting schedules and expectations. Some agree to meet or communicate electronically on a regular basis to discuss the mentee’s career or academic goals.  Others choose to catch up at our Mentor Network Lunches.  In some cases the mentor may invite their mentee to attend an industry function or visit within the corporate setting, or just go fishing!

Our Networking Events, held during the summer and Christmas vacations, are an important part of the programme and give students a chance to sit with other students as well as insurance professionals and chat about their career interests.  These events are organised by the BFIS Mentor Network Committee most of whose members are former BFIS Scholars.

As new BFIS scholars join the BFIS ‘family’ each year we constantly need to increase our pool of potential mentors. We also offer this beneficial programme to other students keen to enter the insurance field who feel in need of advice and guidance. So we would welcome you to join the programme either as a mentor or a mentee.

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The BFIS Mentor Network is sponsored by
The AON Rhondelle Tankard Memorial Fund.

2010 AWARD RECIPIENTS

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      Eoin McMahon

      BFIS Scholar 2011
      Actuarial Science
      Southampton University, UK

      Graduating 2014

      Saltus Grammar School

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      Juliette Ferrari-McComb

      BFIS Scholar 2011
      Mathematics
      Surrey University, UK

      Graduating 2013

      Westminster School, CT
      Bermuda High School For Girls

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      Emily Potts

      BFIS Scholar 2011

      Information Technology

      Stirling University, NY

      Graduating 2013

      Bermuda High School For Girls

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      Nikki-Lynn Marshall

      BFIS Scholar 2011
      Economics
      Boston University

      Graduating 2014

      Bermuda High School For Girls

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      Andrew Fubler

      BFIS Scholar 2011
      Business and Finance
      Mount Saint Vincent University at Bermuda College

      Graduating 2012

      Cedarbridge Academy

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      Eden Smith

      BFIS Scholar 2011
      Accounting
      Bermuda College

      Graduating 2015

      Berkeley Institute

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      Devin Page

      BFIS Post-Graduate Scholar 2011
      Business and International Affairs
      Georgia Institute of Technology

      Graduating 2013

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      Teniko Eve

      BFIS Scholar 2010
      Risk Management and Insurance
      St. John’s University, NY

      Graduating 2013

      Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong
      Warwick Academy

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      Jaryn Martin

      BFIS Scholar 2010
      Actuarial Science
      University of Western Ontario

      Graduating 2014

      Saltus Grammar School

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      Ebony Brockington

      BFIS Scholar 2010
      Accounting
      Temple University

      Graduating 2012

      Bermuda College
      Cedarbridge Academy

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      Robert Maycock

      BFIS Scholar 2009
      Economics and Math
      Dartmouth College

      Graduating 2012

      IS Language School, France
      Wycliffe College
      Saltus Grammar School

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      Helen Crisson

      BFIS Scholar 2010
      Applied MAth and Statistics
      JOhns Hopkins UNiversity

      Graduating 2014

      Bermuda High School for Girls

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      Antionay Tankard

      BFIS Scholar 2009
      Business
      Howard University

      Graduating 2011

      Bermuda College
      Berkeley Institute

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      Dominique Richardson

      Bermuda Scholar 2010
      Business Finance
      Barry University

      Graduating 2014

      Berkeley Institute

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      Robert Jardine

      Bermuda Scholar 2009
      Economics, Management and IT
      St. Andrew’s University, UK

      Graduating 2012

      Strathallen School
      Saltus Grammar School

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      Brittany DeFrias

      BFIS Scholar 2010
      Risk Management and Insurance
      St. John’s University, NY

      Graduating 2014

      Saltus Grammar School

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      Michael Coles

      BFIS Scholar 2010
      Finance and Insurance
      Northeastern University

      Graduating 2014

      Saltus Grammar School

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      Ashley Madeiros

      BFIS Scholar 2010
      Risk Management and Insurance
      St. John’s University, NY

      Graduating 2012

      Bermuda High School for Girls