First anniversary of MA Samad's death today

Born in 1923 at Kulaura in Moulvibazar, he had been associated with the insurance industry since 1946.

An honours graduate from the Presidency College, Kolkata, MA Samad established the BGIC after his retirement as managing director of Jiban Bima Corporation.

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He was also the founder-director of Bangladesh Insurance Academy and chairman of Bangladesh Insurance Association, the country's apex insurance entity.

Besides his two books written in Bangla, one on life insurance and another on general insurance, he is the author of two more English textbooks on life insurance, which received high appreciation from a number of renowned insurance organisations of the world.

MA Samad was enlisted as an international expert in the Technical Assistance Programme on Trade and Development of the United Nations.

He represented the country at a number of seminars and conferences abroad and visited most of the insurance training institutions in the UK and the USA under UNDP Fellowship Programme.