Conclusion of a memorandum of cooperation between the insurers’ syndicate and the insurance research institute
According to the financial news report, citing the public relations of the Iran Insurers’ Syndicate, in the joint meeting of the Iran Insurers’ Syndicate and the Insurance Research Institute, which was hosted by the Insurance Research Institute on Sunday, May 31, 1402, with the presence of Seyed Mohammad Karimi, Secretary General of the Iran Insurers’ Syndicate, and Mohammad Mahdi Asgari, the head of the Insurance Research Institute. and the senior managers of the two collections were held, a memorandum of cooperation was signed between the two collections.
The purpose of setting up and implementing this memorandum is to create the necessary platforms for using the capacities of the insurers’ syndicate and the insurance research institute in the field of developing research and educational cooperation and carrying out joint activities for the promotion and development of insurance and insurance culture, providing insurance consultations, facilitating research and educational cooperation between The executive departments of the insurance industry and the decision-making of the insurance industry, as well as carrying out joint cooperation in order to develop strategies to promote the stability of financial stability and the development of the insurance industry, and thereby, the parties in the implementation of joint plans in the fields related to the development of the insurance industry, the development of insurance knowledge General to expand insurance culture, develop specialized insurance knowledge in order to promote and empower insurance industry activists, guide and apply insurance research focusing on the needs of the insurance industry and develop industry knowledge, implement promotional and executive plans, use facilities, equipment and The human resources of the parties will cooperate to carry out related activities within the framework of the missions and goals of the parties.
Also, international scientific and technical cooperation in order to promote the regional and international status of the country’s insurance industry, holding courses, workshops and domestic and international conferences related to the needs of the insurance and takaful industry within the framework of the missions and goals of the parties, assisting in encouraging insurance companies to start Takaful, assistance in establishing a Takaful company and assistance in informing and persuading university professors who are members of the Iran Insurers’ Syndicate to define a master’s thesis and doctoral dissertation in the field of insurance and Takaful with the cooperation of faculty members and members of the Takaful Working Group of the Insurance Research Institute are other areas of cooperation between the two groups. It will be based on the memorandum.
In this meeting, Seyyed Mohammad Karimi, Secretary General of the Insurance Association of Iran, while explaining the influential role of the insurance industry in the country’s economy, considered the Insurance Research Institute as a think tank of the insurance industry and expressed his hope that with the written and strategic plans of the Insurance Research Institute, in In the near future, we will see effective measures in the insurance industry, the most important of which is the implementation of takaful, which has now come to fruition.
Secretary General of Iran Insurers’ Syndicate, emphasizing the importance of blockchain and climate change in the insurance industry and the world’s insurance industry’s special attention to these issues, the scientific research activities of the Insurance Research Institute in these areas, especially the research project of the Insurance Research Institute in connection with the provision of medical insurance in the form of a chain He considered the block acceptable and demanded a more serious follow-up of the Insurance Research Institute in this field.
Referring to the low penetration rate of life insurance in the country, Karimi demanded to direct professors and students to research and research about the processes being implemented in the leading countries in the field of life insurance such as Japan, Singapore, Bahrain, America and Europe and to transfer knowledge and transfer experiences. The result was given to Iran’s insurance industry.
In the end, the secretary general of Iran Insurers’ Syndicate expressed his satisfaction with the conclusion of the memorandum of cooperation with the Insurance Research Institute, and announced the complete readiness of the Insurers’ Syndicate to fully support the Insurance Research Institute and provide the necessary platforms in the field of holding conferences, lectures and meetings, etc. He hoped that the conclusion of this memorandum will bring more benefit from the capacities of the Insurance Research Institute, increase interactions and closer communication between the two institutions.
In the continuation of this meeting, Asgari, the head of the Insurance Research Institute, considered the conclusion of the cooperation document between the Insurance Research Institute and the Syndicate of Iranian Insurers as important due to the syndicate’s influence in the insurance companies and clarified; Although the Iranian insurance industry, unlike other countries, does not have an institution called the Insurance Association, but the Syndicate of Iranian Insurers has acted beyond such an institution and has made a significant contribution to the implementation of the implementation plans of the country’s insurance industry.
The head of the Insurance Research Institute emphasized that due to the A-ranking by the scientific research journal of the Insurance Research Journal, one of the fields of cooperation between the Insurance Research Institute and the Iran Insurers’ Syndicate is joint publications, and the research collaborations with the Iran Insurers’ Syndicate will also be published in the form of a book.
He also noted; The meetings of the Takaful Working Group of the Insurance Research Institute, of which 20 meetings have been held so far, are still ongoing, and Kausar Insurance and Razi Insurance companies are the guests of the upcoming meetings of the Takaful Working Group of the Insurance Research Institute, who will present their proposed framework for the implementation of Takaful, and if approved by the Takaful Working Group, All the insurance companies providing Takaful products in the country’s insurance industry will join.
Referring to the president’s emphasis on maintaining justice-oriented attachment in all activities, Asgari considered the acceptance of Takaful by the government and the insurance industry because Takaful is fairer than common insurance and clarified; Currently, the research priorities of the Insurance Research Institute are carried out with the consensus and survey of all the elements of the insurance industry and are completely in line with the needs of the industry. And insurance companies can have more convergence under the leadership role of the insurance syndicate.
The head of the Insurance Research Institute, while explaining the plans ahead of the research institute in 1402, announced the significant increase in training courses and specialized workshops of the Insurance Research Institute in the field of general insurance and takaful this year compared to last year, and holding at least two training workshops every week, and the managers The agent of the insurance companies invited and announced the senior managers of the insurance syndicate and the heads of the country’s insurance associations to present their accumulated knowledge in the form of educational workshops of the Insurance Research Institute; The Insurance Research Center, in cooperation with the International Islamic University of Malaysia, will hold the first series of Takaful webinars starting from June 1402 in the number of 10 sessions with time intervals of two weeks in English with simultaneous translation.
Also, with the arrangements made with Insif University of Malaysia, the theoretical and practical training course for Iran’s insurance industry managers will be held in August 1402 for two weeks at Insif University, and during this training course, insurance industry managers will be operationally familiar with how takaful companies work. Malaysia will get acquainted.
This year’s international insurance and development conference will also be held with the presence of prominent professors and experts in the field of general insurance and takaful from world-class universities and institutions from England, Malaysia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.
In the final part of his speech, Asgari stated that the research institute plans to launch 4 new research groups in the near future, and the Iranian Insurers’ Syndicate can work with the insurance research institute in the field of providing expert staff for these groups.
It should be noted that in the final part of the meeting, the mutual cooperation agreement between the Insurance Research Institute and the Syndicate of Iranian Insurers including 7 articles was signed by the parties.