BeRiTa

Etiqa Bantu Institut Pengajian Tinggi

BUKIT MERTAJAM 27 April - Syarikat insurans, Etiqa Takaful Berhad (Etiqa) berjaya mengutip zakat perniagaan sebanyak RM1.9 juta sejak Februari 2006 yang digunakan untuk membantu beberapa institusi pengajian dan kebajikan di seluruh negara.

Pengarah Program Tanggungjawab Korporat Etiqa, Dr. Zulkifli Zakaria berkata, penggunaan wang zakat tersebut merupakan sebahagian daripada Program Tanggungjawab Zakat Korporat (CZR) Etiqa.

"CZR merupakan antara cara kami membantu mereka yang memerlukan sumbangan seperti yang dituntut agama sekali gus merapatkan organisasi ini dengan orang ramai," katanya yang juga Ketua Divisyen Syariah Etiqa ketika berucap merasmikan bangunan tambahan dua tingkat Madrasah Al-Aminiah, Permatang Pauh di sini, semalam.

Turut hadir Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Etiqa Takaful Berhad, Tarmidzi Ahmad Nordin dan Pengetua Madrasah Al-Aminiah, Azamuddin Alang Hamzah.

Bangunan tambahan dua tingkat bernilai RM250,000 itu merangkumi enam buah bilik darjah termasuk dua buah bilik yang boleh ditukar menjadi dewan bila diperlukan.

Selain merasmikan bangunan tersebut, Etiqa turut menyampaikan insurans takaful berkelompok kepada 503 orang pelajar di madrasah itu yang bernilai RM10,000 dan sumbangan kakitangan Maybank Berhad berjumlah RM1,008.

Etiqa turut menyampaikan sumbangan alat tulis kepada kesemua pelajar madrasah itu.

Menurut Dr. Zulkifli, peruntukan pembinaan bangunan tambahan tersebut merupakan yang terbesar pernah disalurkan berbanding projek-projek CZR yang lain.

Katanya, antara projek CZR termasuk pembinaan surau bagi Yayasan Pengajian Islam Merbok, Kedah dan Yayasan Kebajikan Suria, di Tuaran Sabah, membina asrama bagi pelajar lelaki di Tahfiz Madrasah Ar-Rahmaniah, Neting, Kelantan serta mendirikan bangunan perpustakaan dan pentadbiran bagi Madrasah Pondok Darussalam, Kuala Ibai, Terengganu.

Ujar Dr. Zulkifli, projek di Madrasah Al-Aminiah merupakan yang ke-10 sejak CZR Etiqa dilancarkan pada Mac 2006.

Sementara itu, pengetua madrasah, Azimuddin mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Etiqa kerana sudi membina bangunan tambahan tersebut yang amat diperlukan demi keselesaan pembelajaran pelajar.

Beliau juga berharap lebih banyak syarikat korporat sudi tampil menghulurkan sumbangan bukan sahaja kepada Madrasah Al-Aminiah tetapi madrasah lain agar imej sekolah pondok dapat ditingkatkan dan dipandang tinggi oleh masyarakat

''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

Etiqa Takaful on track to achieve RM1.4 billion premium

Source: Bernama, 27th February 2009

Etiqa Takaful Bhd is on track to achieve RM1.4 billion premium target for financial year ending June 30 as the life segment is showing continuous growth, Chief Executive Officer Mohd Tarmidzi Ahmad Nordin said today.

For the financial year ended June 30 last year, the company recorded a premium of RM1.044 billion, he said.

“We are the takaful company in Malaysia to cross the one billion mark. In fact, we are the biggest takaful company in the world. We are quite positive to realise the target,” he told reporters after handing RM70,000 from Etiqa Takaful to the Fisabilillah Trust Fund.

Mohd Tarmidzi said the life segment contributes about 70 percent to the company’s growth while 30 percent by non-life segment.

Currently, the company has about a million policy holders.

On the RM70,000 contribution, the International Centre for Education in Islamic Finance (INCEIF) chief academic officer and dean Prof Datuk Dr Syed Othman Alhabshi said the fund is to assist deserving students to pursue INCEIF’s flagship company programme — Chartered Islamic Finance Professional (CIFP) — masters and doctorate programmes.

The fund, established by INCEIF in 2007, is the zakat (tithe) payables received from organisations and individuals that will be kept under the custody of an external trust body.

He said funds would be disbursed only with the instruction of the management trustee comprising five members, with two from INCEIF and three external parties.

As of today, 101 students from 21 countries have benefited from the fund to pursue their studies under the CIFP programme.

Ten students from six countries have been awarded financial aid for PhD programme and three students from three countries for the masters programme.

___________________________________________________________________________________________