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1959: |
Graduated with a diploma
of High Commercial Studies |
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1959-1961: |
Took insurance courses
while working for insurance agency |
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Professional
Record : |
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1961
: |
Joined AFIA Branch office Mideast in
Beirut, whose operations in Lebanon were being conducted in the name of St. Paul
Fire & Marine Insurance Co. of Minnesota, USA |
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1974: |
Promoted to General Manager
AFIA which was subsequently integrated into CIGNA |
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1977: |
Elected member to Lebanon
Governmental Insurance Council |
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1973
-1984: |
Established Mideast network
for AFIA/CIGNA including Turkey and Pakistan, and actively contributed
into forming and managing local companies in Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi
Arabia for said group. |
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1984: |
Formed J.E. Zakhour &
Co., which recruited several former employees of St. Paul Fire & Marine
Insurance Co. |
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1987: |
Formed AMECO SAL. a
Lebanese Insurance Company, which was subsequently sold to a bank |
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1990: |
Elected Chairman of ACAL,
the Insurance Association of Lebanon. |
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1992: |
Elected Chairman of
General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF) a Pan Arab Organization comprised
of about 325 Insurance Companies of 21 Arab Countries, extending between
the Persian / Arabian Gulf in the East and the Atlantik Ocean in the West |
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1993: |
Reelected Chairman of
ACAL for a mandate of 3 years. His presence at the head of GAIF and ACAL,
helped him build friendly relations with insurers in numerous countries,
acquiring at the same time, in depth knowledge of the business environment
of the area. |
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1998: |
 Published
"Arab Insurer's Diary", a book in Arabic
of 336 pages addressing
insurance and reinsurance issues in the Middle East and Africa |
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1975-1998: |
Gave conferences on insurance
matters in different parts of the world including USA and Europe |
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2000: |
Sold his share in AMECO
SAL, devoting himself entirely to J.E. Zakhour & Co., a consultancy,
specializing in Insurance & Reinsurance in the Middle East and North
Africa |
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Joseph
Emile Zakhour