Reliance Insurance Limited

Reliance Insurance Limited
Public Limited
Industry Financial Services Insurance
Founded March 22, 1988
Headquarters Shanta Western Tower, Level-5, 186, Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka 1208
Bangladesh
Key people
 Zakia Rouf Chowdhury- Chairman; Akhtar Ahmed ACII- Adviser; Md. Khaled Mamun ACII- Chief Executive Officer[1]
Number of employees
 321 (2015) [2]
Website www.reliance.com.bd

Reliance Insurance Limited, was founded in Bangladesh as a private non-life insurance company in 1988. Currently the firm has 31 branches throughout Bangladesh, and so far employed 321 employees. In the year 2014, the company had earned BDT 2,026.71 million as the gross premium income, which is 23.66% higher than that of 2013.[3]

History

In Bangladesh the insurance sector was nationalized in 1972 just after independence. Following the nationalization, the then Government established two insurance corporations. One is Bangladesh Sadharan Bima Corporation for non-Life insurance business, and another is Bangladesh Jiban Bima Corporation for life insurance business. Subsequently the government opened the door for establishing private insurance companies through the Insurance (Amendment) Ordinance 1984.

Under the provisions of 1984 ordinance, Reliance Insurance Limited started its operation by virtue of the Certificate of Commencement of Business" issued on the 22nd of March 1988 by Registrar of Joint Stock Companies of Bangladesh. The company also enjoyed its 25th anniversary in 2015.[4]

Regulatory framework

Insurance Development & Regulatory Authority of Bangladesh (IDRA), an entity formed under the Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority Act 2010, regulates all insurance companies of Bangladesh in accordance with the Insurance Act 2010.

Financial performance

The Company earned gross premium of BDT 1,638.89 million in 2013 and BDT 2,026.71 in 2014. The total asset of the company in 2013 and 2014 were BDT 4,796.38 millions and BDT 5,728.14 millions respectively.[3] In its 27th Annual General Meeting, a cash dividend of 15% and 15% bonus were distributed to its shareholders for the year 2014. Furthermore; CRISL awarded RIL "AAA" (pronounced as Triple A) surveillance rating for 2015.

Insurance services

Notes

  1. ↑ "New MD of Reliance Insurance The financial express". thefinancialexpress-bd.com. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  2. ↑ "Reliance Insurance Had its AGM 2015". the-insured.com. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  3. 1 2 "Annual Report 2014" (PDF). reliance.com.bd. Retrieved 2015-09-10.
  4. ↑ "Reliance Insurance Limited celebrates 25th anniversary". thedailystar.net. Retrieved 2015-09-11.
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