Chabala was recruited from the Zambia State Insurance Corporation and was part of the original team when Madison Insurance Company Zambia Limited was established in 1992. He was Underwriter – Property before being transferred to the Copperbelt as Regional Manager.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics from University of Zambia and is also an Associate by Examination of the Chartered Insurance Institute, UK and a Fellow (FIIZA) of the Insurance Institute of Zambia.

Chabala has had extensive technical and executive management training from Munich Re, Hannover Re, Wits Business School and Gordon Institute of Business Science and a well-seasoned Chartered Insurer. A Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International and enjoys a good round of Golf.