Post On : October 17, 2020
Commissioner of PT Reasuransi MAIPARK Indonesia, Christian Wanandi was acclamationally elected as Secretary General of ASEAN Insurace Council (AIC) through online elections at the 46th meeting of the AIC on October 16, 2020. Christian Wanandi replaces the previous Secretary General Evaline Pietruschka who has held her duties for 3 terms. Christian Wanandi will serve as Secretary General for three years (2020-2023). Virtual meeting with the background of the Philippines, because it is supposed to be a meeting in 2020 is planned to take place physically in Cebu, Philippines, due to the Covid-19 outbreak then the meeting takes place virtually so that the meeting is different from the previous meeting that was conducted physically with a familiar atmosphere. This time with the covid-19 outbreak the meeting remained solemn but felt lost familiarity among fellow participants.
The 46th ASEAN Insurance Council Meeting was attended by representatives of associations from life insurance and general insurance from 10 ASEAN countries, namely Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Singapore and the Philippines.
AIC is one of the organizations under asean, with a major focus on the insurance industry and related issues. The organization was formed as a bridge of partnership between the government and the private sector(PPP) which is funds by the private sector, in cooperation with ASEAN insurance regulators and related government agencies. AIC was established at the ASEAN meeting on April 4, 1978 in Jakarta. Its membership consists of all ASEAN member states and aims to promote and encourage the development of insurance industry in ASEAN, as well as build good relations among insurance companies in the ASEAN region.
PT Reasuransi MAIPARK Indonesia through GH Corporate Secretary & Compliance, Jefry Rasyid said MAIPARK congratulated and succeeded the election of Christian Wanandi to be the new Secretary General. "We congratulate Mr. Christian Wanandi, hopefully AIC will be better in the future so that the insurance industry in ASEAN will be more developed," explained Jefry Rasyid. (ns)
