PM opens National Insurance Day’s programme

PM opens National Insurance Day’s programme

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the observance of National Insurance Day 2024 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) on Friday aiming to promote the idea of insurance by enhancing public awareness.

In the same programme, the prime minister also inaugurated the ‘bancassurance’ service, which facilitates providing the premium of the insurance from the bank directly.

The Ministry of Finance and the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) jointly organised the programme.

National Insurance Day 2024 is being observed elsewhere across the country in a befitting manner.

This year's theme is 'Karbo Bima Garbo Desh, Smart Hobe Bangladesh'.

The prime minister also distributed prizes among the first, second, and third-place winners in the essay writing competition in two groups.

Two life and non-life insurance companies also received honorary crests from the prime minister for their contributions to flourishing the insurance business.

The award recipients later took part in a photo session with the prime minister.

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali, Secretary of the Financial Institutions Division, Ministry of Finance, Sheikh Mohammad Salim Ullah, Chairman of the IDRA Mohammad Jainul Bari and Bangladesh Insurance Association (BIA) President Sheikh Kabir Hossain, also spoke on the occasion.

 A video documentary on the insurance sector was screened at the ceremony.

On March 1, 1960, Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman started working for the then-Alpha Insurance Company. Therefore, the government has decided to celebrate March 1 as National Insurance Day every year.

The government later upgraded "National Insurance Day” from the 'B' category to the 'A' category commemorating Bangabandhu, the architect of the country's independence.