Karen Bhoorasingh Takes Over WIA Reins

A woman will be at the helm of West Indies Alliance Insurance Company (WIA). Mrs. Karen Bhoorasingh who, prior to this was General Manager with responsibility for Operations, assumes the position of WIA’s General Manager from March 1st, 2006

‘She is a professional with thirteen years of senior management experience and twenty years of general insurance experience covering the areas of Claims, Risk Management, Marketing, Underwriting, Planning and Administration and we are pleased that she will be leading WIA in this increasingly competitive insurance environment,’ said Rory O’Brien, Group CEO-designate of Guardian Holdings Limited of which WIA is a member company.

Mrs. Bhoorasingh has a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) from the University of London, an ACII designated Chartered Insurer from the Chartered Insurance Institute of College in Kent, England and a BSc (Hons) in Public Administration from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. She joins Lisa Gomes, President of Guardian Asset Management, Jamaica, as the second woman in the Guardian Holdings Group to head a major subsidiary.

WIA, which forms part of the Guardian General sub-group, is engaged in property and casualty insurance, primarily in the commercial sector.