Virtual meeting of the head of the insurance research institute with the professor of all financial affairs in the department of economics and finance of the University of New Orleans, USA

According to the financial news report, citing the public relations and international affairs of the Insurance Research Institute, in this meeting that was held on Wednesday, December 22, 1402, Mohammad Mehdi Asgari, the head of the Insurance Research Institute, referring to his forty years of experience in Islamic banking and the activities of 37 insurance and reinsurance companies. In Iran’s insurance industry, in the field of offering common insurance products, he specified; In 1964 AD (1343 AH) Imam Khomeini wrote the book Tahrir al-Wasila while in exile in the city of Bursa, Turkey. Solidarity pointed out. Nevertheless, the takaful system was implemented 15 years after the presentation of this theory and in 1979 in the form of takaful in Sudan, which was very similar to solidarity, and by continuing to model this theory, Malaysia established the first takaful company in 1984. did

The head of the Insurance Research Institute also pointed to the establishment of the Jurisprudential Council of the Insurance Industry with the aim of Shariah supervision of the design, development and implementation of takaful and the activities of the insurance industry in the country and noted: With the efforts of the Research Institute over the past one and a half years and with the support and emphasis of the government, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Central Finance and Insurance of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 9 private and government insurance and reinsurance companies have received permission to provide takaful products. These companies first presented their proposed operational models in the takaful working group of the insurance research institute, and after examining the jurisprudential, legal and technical aspects of the proposed plans and the approval of this working group, the permission to provide the takaful window was granted by the central insurance. In the second step and in the near future, the first specialized takaful company will be established in Iran in cooperation with insurance companies that provide the takaful window.

Asgari referring to the grand holding of the 30th National Conference and the 11th International Conference on Insurance and Development with the theme “Evolution of the Ecosystem of the Insurance Industry (Takaful, Governance, New Technologies)” with the presence of national officials, senior managers of the insurance industry, experts in the field of insurance and Islamic finance of the country. And twenty prominent professors and senior managers of universities and international institutes from five countries, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, England and Pakistan, explained the various scientific and executive activities of the Insurance Research Institute at both domestic and international levels and added; Considering the assignment of the task of confirming the professional qualification of insurance industry managers to the Insurance Research Institute, in addition to writing research projects, translating and authoring specialized books and international activities in the field of takaful, various training courses in the field of risk management, takaful and insurance assessment have been held by the Insurance Research Institute. Among them, we can mention “Takaful operational training program based on experiential visits to takaful companies in Malaysia” and “Takaful specialized training course for insurance industry managers in both theoretical and practical training” in cooperation with Insif University in Malaysia. The Insurance Research Center has also organized a series of takaful webinars consisting of ten online workshops with the cooperation of faculty members and distinguished professors of the International Islamic University of Malaysia.

The head of the Insurance Research Institute continued his speech by proposing the establishment of the “Global Takaful Committee” and called for the establishment of doctoral courses in professional business management (DBA) in Iran and added; Following the negotiations held by the Insurance Research Institute with the Islamic Finance and Economics Institute of Marmara University, Turkey [۲] (MUISEF), Takaful professional doctorate courses will soon be offered at Marmara University, and Insurance Research Institute is also ready to send its faculty members and insurance industry managers to Marmara University in Turkey to attend these courses.

In the end, the president of the Insurance Research Institute thanked the professor of all financial affairs in the Department of Economics and Finance of the University of New Orleans, USA, for attending this meeting, and the preparation of the Insurance Research Institute to hold face-to-face training courses and educational webinars with the cooperation of Professor Dr. Kabir Hassan in Iran and the United Arab Emirates. and announced any scientific cooperation with the University of New Orleans in order to share knowledge and experiences in the field of insurance, takaful and Islamic finance.

Asgari also added that the Insurance Research Institute will welcome world-renowned experts and professors to join the editorial board of the Insurance Research Journal and supervise research projects in the field of insurance, takaful and Islamic finance.

After that, Kabir Hassan, thanking the Insurance Research Institute for planning this meeting, introduced his activities in the field of insurance, takaful, Islamic finance and banking, and international face-to-face and online interactions with other countries, including Iran.

By announcing the readiness to launch business professional doctorate courses, he announced the readiness of the faculty members of the University of New Orleans to provide training courses in the field of insurance and takaful.

The professor of all financial affairs in the Department of Economics and Finance of the University of New Orleans, referring to his 41-year history of attending scientific meetings in the United States and complete familiarity with the basic requirements of Islamic banking and insurance, expressed his satisfaction with receiving the permission of Iranian insurance companies to enter the takaful industry. He added that all Muslims in the world, including Shias and Sunnis, are brothers and should cooperate with each other in areas of potential.

In the end, by referring to his specialized activities in conducting research in the field of Islamic finance, he expressed his readiness to be a member of the jury of journal articles, a member of the editorial board of the Insurance Research Journal, holding training courses, workshops and specialized webinars, launching a Takaful professional doctorate course in Iran. He also announced joint research projects with the cooperation of academic faculty members of the Insurance Research Institute.

It is worth mentioning that Prof. Dr. Kabir Hassan, a professor of all financial affairs in the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of New Orleans and has four chairs “Hancock Whitney First Professor of Economics”, “Hancock Whitney Second Professor of Economics”[۳]”, “Hibernia professor of economics and finance[۴] and “first professor of banking in the field of business” at the University of New Orleans.

He won the Islamic Development Bank (ISDB) award.[5] in the field of Islamic banking and finance in 2016 and received his bachelor’s degrees in economics and mathematics from Gustavus Adolphus College. [۶]Minnesota [۷]USA and an MA in Economics and a PhD in Finance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln [۸] The United States has received

Kabir Hasan has also been selected as a Fulbright Senior Scholar by Victoria State College Comilla, Bangladesh during 2022-2023.