The two-day SAARC insurance regulators’ conference will begin in the capital tomorrow with a view to sharing the experiences among the regulators in the region.
To this end, a press conference was organised by the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority at the IDRA office in the city.
Speaking at the press conference, IDRA chairman M Shefaque Ahmed said this was the first time such a conference would be held and the IDRA had initiated to organise the programme.
‘The main purpose of the conference is to develop the insurance sector in the SAARC region. We will share our experiences and opinions in the conference. The IDRA will implement the lessons learnt to promote the country’s insurance sector,’ he added.
The chiefs of insurance regulators in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives and Bhutan will attend the conference, said the IDRA chair.
The experts will discuss 15 articles in eight sessions of the conference and then a proposal sheet will be prepared on the basis of the articles to promote the region’s insurance sector, he added.
‘We appeal to the insurance regulators of the SAARC region to take initiatives to organise the conference every year,’ said Shefaque.
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the conference at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city as the chief guest while finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith will be present at the inaugural ceremony as a special guest. (Source)
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