The Federation of Colombian Insurers, phasecoldareported the death of William Fadul, the first president of the insurance union, who died at dawn on Thursday, December 1.
(President of Fasecolda resigns from office).
In addition to having been the first president of phasecolda He was also the leader of the union for the longest years, with a total of 29 years of service, which also made him the longest-serving union leader in the country.
The chemical engineer born in Sahagún, Córdoba, and in love with literature, became president of the Union of Insurers of Colombia on July 15, 1976. “without ever having read a policy”, as he himself confessed.
His first achievement was to unite Asecolda, under the direction of Jaime Bustamante Ferrer, and Fasecol, chaired by Aníbal Fernández de Soto. Thus, Fasecolda was born.
(This would be the proposal to help drivers pay the Soat).
The Colombian insurance union began to develop under the leadership of Fadul, who was always at the forefront of the technological changes that each era brought, due to the concern that it aroused in him. But William Fadul was not only an ‘insurance man’, he was also a ‘man of letters’.
His love for literature led him to write several works, including ‘Picaresque and Songs of the Atlantic Coast’, as well as approximately 100 newspaper articles.
Two years ago, the Fasecolda Award for Insurance Journalism named the Graduate Project category in his honor. The William Fadul category rewards undergraduate and postgraduate work that promotes research on insurance issues to achieve best practices in the insurance sector and ensure the protection of the country’s inhabitants.
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