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EFU General Insurance LTD.: Prospective Significance of This Project
EFU General Insurance LTD.: Prospective Significance of This Project
Final Project
The south Asia in general and Pakistan in particular has become the focus of entire world
since incident of September 11. The existing geo-political environment has grave
repercussions on the insurance industry of the region. This has resulted in high insurance
rates for all kinds of insurance products. Insurance business has never been in so much of
lime light as it is today in our country.
This project will not only be about the EFU Insurance Company and its performance but
it will also give a complete insight of the insurance business. We will try to highlight the
some of the important aspects of insurance business.
BACKGROUND:
In the early 30s of the 20th century, under the inspiration of the Quaid-e-Azam
Mohammad Ali Jinnah, there began to appear signs of economic renaissance of the
Muslims of India. Shipping, Airline, Banking and Insurance companies made their debut.
In 1932, Mr. Ghulam Mohammad, a far sighted man, established Eastern Federal Union
Insurance Company (EFU) with financial assistance from the Aga Khan III and the
Nawab of Bhopal. Mr. Abdur Rehman Siddiqui became the founder chairman. The
company was originally registered at Calcutta and operated in India (undivided) and
Burma.
In 1947, on the birth of Pakistan, EFU found a new home in a new country. In Pakistan,
EFU rapidly established itself as a progressive and innovative insurer. It gave the
emerging insurance industry the leadership, the manpower and the drive needed to grow
in a situation where at one time, three-fourths of insurance was held by foreign
companies.
By 1961, EFU had become the flag bearer of Pakistan's insurance industry on the world
stage, and the largest life company in Afro-Asian countries (excluding Japan) under the
leadership of Mr. Roshen Ali Bhimjee. It remained so until 1972 when Life Assurance
business in Pakistan was nationalized. Thereafter EFU operated solely as a General
Insurance Company, and was subsequently renamed EFU General Insurance Limited.
Now EFU General is the second largest non-life insurance company in the country and
the mother company of other insurance organizations of EFU Insurance Group.
In June 1990 the Government of Pakistan decided to allow Life Assurance business in
private sector also. On 18 November 1992, EFU Life was granted a license to carry on
life assurance business. It started operations immediately with Group Life products and in
March 1994 launched its Individual Life products. EFU entered the field of life assurance
with the focus on the changing needs of the population. The company is committed to
provide its policyholders with solutions to the problems of today's complex and rapidly
changing financial environment by introducing innovative, and modern products.
In March 2000, Allianz Aktiengesellschaft (Allianz AG), a global leader in the insurance
industry with an active presence in 70 markets across 5 continents and EFU Group signed
a joint venture to form a new company for providing health insurance cover to the people
of Pakistan. Allianz EFU Health Insurance Limited, approved by the Government of
Pakistan, is the first specialized health insurance provider in the country and aims to play
a pivotal role in developing the health insurance market in Pakistan.
Traditionally the EFU name has become synonymous with progressiveness and prompt
claim settlement and now the EFU being the largest insurance group provides a full range
of general, life and health insurance services.
EFU TODAY:
EFU Group is one of the few Pakistani organizations run totally by professional
management. Another unique feature of EFU is a voluntary review mechanism by
professionals of international repute. EFU has taken Mr. Wolfram W. Karnowski, who
retired at a very senior level from Munich Re, on its Board of Directors. It has appointed
Mr. Michael J de H. Bell, a very eminent UK based actuary (retired from Wyatt Watsons
and chairman of a UK based life company). EFU has the services of Mr. S.C. (Hamid)
Subjally, who retired from a very senior position from Assicurazioni Generali, Dubai,
UAE. The independent reviews by these professionals enable the group companies to
keep abreast of international changes in the industry as well as ensure that management
adopts the best international practices.
Another pillar of EFU's strength is a very close and long term (over 50 years) relationship
with its main reinsurer, ‘Munich Re’, the largest reinsurance company in the world and
the strong support of Allianz Aktiengesellschaft (Allianz AG), a global leader in the
insurance industry.
Saifuddin N. Zoomkawala
Managing Director & Chief
Executive
Khurram Nasim
Assistant Vice President
MARINE DEPARTMENT:
M. Mubashirullah Khan
Executive Vice President
A. Razzak Polani
Executive Director
Jehanzeb Karamat
Executive Vice President
Muhammad H. Hashim
Vice President