The first ever HSBC Life Insurance
Competition, in early January, gave
students a chance to showcase their
innovative ideas for insurance products
and services, ultimately aimed to
increase customer satisfaction.
Ten shortlisted teams with a total of
47 students from various universities
competed for prizes in the Innovation
and InsurTech categories. Apart from
cash prizes, HSBC Life also offered
ten internship opportunities to
qualified winners and would consider
implementing outstanding ideas from
students.
Professor Houmin Yan, Acting Dean
of the College, said, "This competition
offers students an interdisciplinary
learning opportunity and encourages
them to unleash their creativity for
original discoveries. What will be
the biggest innovation in the next
ten years? We are counting on you
(students) to make it happen."
Kelvin Cheung, Business Operations
Management student from the College,
joined his fellow members from other
universities to form Team M.O., which
won the Innovation stream. He said
that the competition was a valuable opportunity to learn about proposal
composition, idea-pitching and
working in a rather diversified team,
which included students with different
backgrounds and fields of study.
Sponsored by HSBC Life, the
competition was jointly organised by
the Business Career Development team,
the Department of Information
Systems and the Department of
Economics and Finance of the College
of Business.
