{"id":86509,"date":"2018-10-22T15:03:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T01:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=86509"},"modified":"2020-01-08T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T00:15:16","slug":"ficoh-insurance-professorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/22\/ficoh-insurance-professorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Second $1M First Insurance professorship at Shidler college"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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From left, Vance Roley, Shidler College of Business dean; Jeff Shonka, First Insurance Company of Hawaii president and CEO<\/abbr>; Steve Tabussi, First Insurance Company of Hawaii senior vice president and Unyong Nakata, Shidler College of Business executive director of development.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa Shidler College of Business<\/a> received a $500,000 donation to fund a second faculty endowment from First Insurance Company of Hawaii<\/a> (FICOH<\/abbr>), the oldest and largest insurance company headquartered in Hawaiʻi<\/span>. The First Insurance Company of Hawaii Distinguished Professorship in Insurance will be matched dollar-for-dollar by the college for a total endowment value of $1 million. This is FICOH<\/abbr>\u2019s second distinguished professorship at the college.<\/p>\n

“We are extremely grateful for First Insurance Company\u2019s generosity and commitment to our students, college and community,” said Vance Roley, dean of the Shidler College of Business. “The FICOH<\/abbr> Distinguished Professorship in Insurance will have lasting impact in the quality of our teaching, research, and community engagement at the college. Offering a professorship will also help us attract and retain internationally renowned candidates who have expertise and leadership in this area.”<\/p>\n

“The fast pace of change and specialized nature of the insurance field calls for professionals who are curious, creative and analytical,” says Jeff Shonka, president and CEO<\/abbr> of FICOH<\/abbr>. “Shidler students possess these qualities. We want to keep our industry moving forward with their ideas and innovation. A second professorship helps us to accomplish this by providing more students with opportunities to learn about risk management and its role in our society.”<\/p>\n

This professorship is one in a series of gifts that FICOH<\/abbr> has made in its long history of support and involvement at the college. In 2007, the company established their first $1 million faculty endowment named the First Insurance Company Distinguished Professorship in Risk Management.<\/p>\n

Read the full news release<\/a> for more.<\/p>\n

—By Dolly Omiya<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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