The theme of this year s National Insurance Day is Mujib Borsher Ongikar, Bima Hok Sobar .
She said if awareness can be generated then people would opt for opening various types of insurance policies. For this purpose, huge publicity is urgently needed, she said.
Sheikh Hasina also elaborated the government s initiatives for developing the insurance industry and noted that the Insurance Act 2010 and National Insurance Policy 2014 were formulated to replace the old law of 1938.
Besides, the government also constituted the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority in 2010 to give the industry an institutional shape, she added.
Referring to a project of Tk 632 crore for the development of the country s insurance sector, she mentioned that the government in collaboration with the World Bank is implementing it to bring all insurance companies under automation.
The theme of this year s National Insurance Day is Mujib Borsher Ongikar, Bima Hok Sobar .
Hasina said if awareness can be built then people would go for opening different types of insurance policies. For this, widespread publicity is urgently needed.
She said there should be large health insurance facilities in the country as people are not much aware of such insurance activities till now. Once the coronavirus pandemic is over, I think such awareness will be created among people in this regard.
The premier put emphasis on building more confidence in the insurance sector through increased implementation of the steps taken by the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority.