Jakarta, ThedailyID — IFG Life and Mandiri Inhealth launched a financial literacy program for students at Universitas Padjadjaran, aiming to help young Indonesians prepare for personal finance and professional life.
Held on April 22, the program gathered around 120 final-year actuarial and statistics students from the university’s Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
The initiative, titled Melek Finansial — roughly translated as “Financially Aware” — focused on practical topics often missing from formal education.
Sessions covered personal finance, illegal online lending risks, life and health insurance, retirement planning, and investment basics for young adults.
The program also introduced students to career opportunities in actuarial science and the broader insurance industry.
“Financial planning knowledge is essential for young people,” said Gatot Haryadi. He said students need not only academic readiness, but also financial preparedness and risk awareness.
Marihot H. Tambunan said the initiative also aimed to connect student skills with growing demand in insurance, risk analysis, and finance.
He said the program should serve as more than a one-day seminar. Instead, it should help shape a generation that is financially literate and career-ready.
The event also involved DPLK IFG Life and Bahana TCW Investment Management as partners.
Beyond financial education, organizers offered free mini medical checkups for participants and installed waste-sorting bins on campus as part of an environmental initiative.
The program reflects a wider push in Indonesia to improve financial literacy among younger generations as digital finance expands and investment participation rises.
For insurers, such outreach also helps position financial protection as part of long-term life planning rather than a product considered later in life.
Overall, the initiative underscores how financial education is increasingly becoming part of workforce preparation, not just classroom learning.
