A publicly listed company established in 1979, Asia Insurance provides a wide range of property casualty insurance to support its esteemed clients in business and in daily life through its general insurance, and general Takaful cover.
We aim to become the leading insurance and takaful company in Pakistan, focusing on customer care and service quality over pricing. Our goal is to make our customer journey as smooth as possible with solutions that are inclusive, economical and tailored according to the needs of the clients.
Asia Insurance has won the confidence of German development bank KFW, who, through their InsuResilience Investment Fund (Rated AAA by Fitch, AA+ by Standard & Poor’s) and managed by Swiss based manager BlueOrchard Finance, has invested Rs 350 million for taking 25.4% shareholding in Asia Insurance Company Ltd. Taking the Company’s total equity to over Rs one billion.
Vision
We aim to become the ideal Insurance Company with a large equity base to provide more opportunities and options for utilization of funds and to increase profitability through economies of scale, better resource mobilization and reduction in operational cost; to achieve this while providing better service to our clients and stakeholders.
Mission
To provide excellent services by way of best risk management and hassle-free settlement of claims through a nation-wide network of branches manned by a sound, dynamic team that ensures good governance.
CODE OF CONDUCT
- Statement of Ethics All Directors and Staff are required to:
- Act with integrity, and dignity and in an ethical manner when dealing with the public, clients, and peers.
- Protect the confidentiality of client information at all times except where required by law to disclose it.
- Protect the confidentiality of information relating to the Company both during the course of Directorship or employment (as the case may be) and after its termination (regardless of reason).
- Obtain written permission from the Company’s Compliance Officer (or the Chief Executive Officer in the event that the Compliance Officer is unavailable) to hold any position (paid or unpaid) with any outside party, firm, or organization. For clarity, positions covered include but are not limited to consultant, employee, Director, representative, and agent. Directors are exempt from this requirement.
STATEMENT OF ETHIC
- Maintain accurate records of business transactions related to the Company or its clients.
- Report any business or professional activities or any beneficial interests that may result in a conflict with or be competitive with the interests of the Company.
- Report any person or activity to the Compliance Officer or CEO that in their opinion is in violation of this statement.
- Disclose their shareholding in the Company’s securities upon signing this agreement and any changes in shareholding within 24 hours of any such change.
- Every Director and employee who has knowledge of confidential material information of the Company’s affairs is prohibited from trading in shares of the Company.
STATEMENT OF BUSINESS PRACTICES
- Uncompromising integrity: Our business is founded on trust and we manage it ethically, lawfully, and fairly. It is our objective to conduct business with reputable clients and business partners who are involved in lawful business activities. We do not facilitate money laundering.
- Clients’ interest: Nothing we do is more important than shielding and preserving our client’s lawful interests. We hold responsibilities toward our clients in the highest regard.
- Entrepreneurship. We work hard every day to hire the best people, stimulate them, reward them and endorse them to innovate. We are an equal-opportunity employer.
- Zeal for performance. We contribute toward our Company’s financial goals and focus on achieving better results.
- A culture of distinction. We measure our performance on every task we undertake not just by the results but also by the quality of our work. • A tradition of success.
While we are fair and ethical at all times, We compete fairly with the quality and the price of our innovative products and services, not by offering improper benefits to others. Employees are not permitted to use their jobs to solicit, demand, accept, obtain, or be promised advantages.
Name of the Legal Advisor
BARISTER MUNAWAR-US-SALAM
Cornelius Lane & Mufti
Advocates and Solicitors
Address: Nawa-e-Waqt Building, 4-Shahra-e-Fatima Jinnah, Lahore.
Phone: +92 42 36306301, 36360824, 36360868
Fax: +92 42 36303301
(W) clm.com.pk
(E) info@clm.com.pk
Awards
FPCCI Awards 2015. Asia Insurance Company Limited has been awarded gold medal for its “Excellence Insurance Services” by the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) during the 04th Achievement Awards ceremony. Zain ul Haq Qureshi Executive Director Asia Insurance receiving Gold Medal Award from President of Pakistan Mamnoon hussain Abdul Rauf Alam – President FPCCI.
List of parties who have not encashed the claims as at December 31, 2023
This will be provided after obtaining from concerned department
Company Registration Number
0007342
SECP Insurance Division License/Registration Number
143
Company Policies
KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER POLICY
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY
HR POLICY
INVESTMENT POLICY
Free Float of Shares
Total Issued Shares
Directors, Sponsors, Holding
Government Holding
73,008,243
49,501,743
993,654
Free-Float as of March 31, 2024
Total number of shares available in CDC
Total number of shares available in physical form
Break-up Value as of on March 31, 2024
Break-up Value with revaluation surplus
Break-up Value without revaluation surplus
EPS (Basic & Diluted) as of March 31, 2024
P/E Ratio as of December 31, 2023
19,584,830
72,890,431
117,812
Rs.12.84
Rs.12.84
Rs. 0.44
15.73
BOARD COMMITTEES
INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Mr. Ihtisham Ul Haq Qureshi (Chairman)
Mr. Zain Ul Haq Qureshi (Member)
Mr. Wajahat Rasul Khan (Member)
Miss. Rafia Ashraf CFO (Secretary)
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Mr. Syed Murtaza Husnain Nadir (Chairman)
Mr. Thibaud Ponchon (Member)
Mr. Ihtisham Ul Haq Qureshi (Member)
Mr. Iftikhar Ahmed (HIA) (Secretary)
HUMAN RESOURCE AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
Mr. Wajahat Rasul Khan (Chairman)
Mrs. Nosheen Ihtisham (Member)
Mr.Ihtisham Ul Haq Qureshi (Member)
Mr.Shahbaz Hameed (Secretary)
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEES
UNDERWRITING COMMITTEE
Mr.Ihtisham Ul Haq Qureshi (Chairman)
Mr. Faisal Mehmood Qureshi (Member)
Mrs. Nosheen Ihtisham (Member)
Mr. Amjad Rao (Secretary)
RISK MANAGEMENT & COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
Mr. Zain Ul Haq Qureshi (Chairman)
Mr. Shahbaz Hameed (Member)
Mr. Muhammad Masood (Member)
Mrs. Shazia Hafeez (Secretary)
CLAIM SETTLEMENT COMMITTEE
Mrs.. Shiza Hassan (Chairman)
Mr. Zain Ul Haq Qureshi (Member)
Mr. Shahbaz Hameed (Member)
Mr. Asif Ali Mughal (Secretary)
REINSURANCE COMMITTEE
Mr.Ihtisham Ul Haq Qureshi (Chairman)
Mr .Zain Ul Haq Qureshi (Member)
Miss. Rafia Ashraf (CFO) (Member)
Mr. Muhammad Masood (Secretary)
Member Of
MANAGEMENT
IHTSHAM UL HAQ QURESHI
Chairman
ZAIN UL HAQ QURESHI
Chief Executive Officer
RAFIA ASHRAF
Chief Financial Officer
SHAZIA HAFEEZ
Company Secertary
SHAHBAZ HAMEED
Deputy General Manager/HOD Admin/HR & Legal
GULFARAZ ANIS
Deputy General Manager/HOD MIS
MUHAMMAD AMJAD RAO
Deputy General Manager/HOD Co-ordination
RIAZ HUSSAIN SHAH
Executive Vice President
ASIF MASOOD BHATI
General Manager (North)
ASRAR HUSSAIN
Vice President LiveStock Projects
MUHAMMAD AHMAD CHAUHAN
Head of Health Insurance
ASIF ALI MUGHAL
Sr. Manager / Head of Claims
MUHAMMAD IMRAN QURESHI
Agri & Corporate Head
AMJAD HUSSAIN
Manager Claims
&
IFTIKHAR AHMAD
Manager/HOD of Internal Audit
MUHAMMAD MASOOD
Sr. Manager / Head of Re-Insurance
FAISAL MEHMOOD QURESHI
Manager/Head of Underwriting
PROFILE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ASIA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED
Ihtsham ul Haq Qureshi
(Chairman)
Mr. Ihtsham ul Haq Qureshi is the Chairman of Asia Insurance Company Limited. He is member of the Board of Directors of the Company.He is a recipient of the Prince Henrick Medal of Honor by the Royal Kingdom of Denmark. After graduating from University of Engineering & Technology Lahore with a BSc. Electrical Engineering in 1973, he was employed by Ameejee Valeejee an engineering company. Who were associates of Brown Boveri & Co Switzerland for some years and finally to Pak Elektron Ltd. In 1985, sensing a shift in Pakistan‟s economy towards privatization, he set up Falcon Engineering Services with the aim of bringing the best of European technology to Pakistan. Years later, this was followed by the founding of Indus Insurance, its merger with Asia Insurance and their buyout of the other shareholders in 2007 and currently is the Chief Executive of Asia Insurance Company Limited. Mr. Qureshi enjoys a very good reputation in the business community and he is the Chairman of the following companies;
C Soft (Pvt) Limited,
Falcon Engineering Services
Omega Project Management & Consulting (Pvt.) Limited
Nosheen Ihtsham Qureshi
(Director)
Mrs. Nosheen Ihtsham is the member of the Board of Directors of Asia Insurance Company Limited as a non-executive Director. She is a B.Sc. (Home Economincs). She was Awarded “Tamgha-e-Imtiaz” by Government of Pakistan in recognition of outstanding services rendered to the game of tennis from 1975 -2007. She was a National Champion in Lawn Tennis won various titles at National Level and remained among top 4 Lady Players of Pakistan for almost all of the period between1975-2005. Represented Pakistan in overseas competitions such as SAARC Games in India, Islamic Women Games in Tehran and Fed Cup in Thailand, New Zealand and Japan and won laurels and medals for Pakistan.
Zain Ul Haq Qureshi
(Chief Executive Officer)
Mr. Zain ul Haq Qureshi is a Chief Executive officer of Asia Insurance Company Limited and is on the Board of the Company. He has more than 12 years of experience in Project Sales, Customer Relationship Management, Customer Service, and General Management. Zain is responsible for special projects such as Digitization; Investment Portfolio Management and Business Development initiatives across the company. Zain is an MBA candidate at the University of Oxford’s Said Business School
Thibaud Ponchon
(Director)
Mr. Thibaud Ponchon is a Nominee Director at the Board of Directors of Asia Insurance Company Limited He is nominated by InsuResilience Investment Fund, SICAV RAIF (a Fund set up by the German Development Bank KFW and managed by Swiss-based Impact Investment Manager Blue Orchard Finance) at the Board of Directors of the Company
He has more than 15 years of experience in Private Equity, Venture Capital and Private Debt investments including 8 years focused on Asian emerging markets. Thibaud is responsible for Private Equity investments in Asia for BlueOrchard’s USD 80m InsuResilience Investment Fund focused on the insurance sector and sits at the board of portfolio companies such as Skymet Weather Services, a weather and crop yield data technology company in India. Prior to that, he was a Senior Investment Officer in charge of Venture Capital investments in Asia for Advans Group, a microfinance-focused investment company. Thibaud sat at the board of several portfolio companies there. He started his career in London where he worked in leveraged finance at M&G Investments. Thibaud holds an MSc in Finance from Lancaster University in the UK and is a CFA charter holder.
Syed Murtaza Hussan Nadir
( Director)
Mr. Syed Murtaza Hasnain Nadir is having an Honours degree in Economics from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and having cleared CFA (Level I) from University of Waterloo, Canada. He is having an experience of more than 10 years at senior management level positions. Currently serving as a CEO at Zarkhaiz Farms (Pvt.) Limited (first of its kind floriculture farm for essential oil extraction and cut-flower production in Pakistan). He is also a Partner at Creative Frontiers (a transmedia agency). From 2010 to 2013 he also worked with banks like HBL and UBL as Relationship Manager and a Risk Analyst respectively
Wajahat Rasul Khan
(Director)
Wajahat Rasul Khan has extensive experience of over 38 years in banking and financial management, strategic planning, banking regulatory and compliance issues, re-positioning and restructuring strategies and project planning & implementation; gained in senior leadership positions with banks, financial institutions, professional accountancy firms and business groups in Pakistan (including HBL & Fauji Foundation) and with KPMG in the UK.Held senior key appointments at leading commercial and investment banks Strong financial and management background. Board Member & Chair of the Audit Committee – First Women Bank Limited.
He is a Certified Corporate Director; from the Pakistan Institute of Corporate Governance (PICG) and the Institute of Business Administration (IBA and also Member of the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.
Shiza Hassan
(Director)
Shiza Hassan is the holder of BSc (Honours) degree in Social Sciences from the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and also holding a diploma in Interior design from National college of Arts (NCA) and a member of Wapda Tennis team. She is a renowned Fashion Designer, established “Shiza Hassan” an Haute Couture Label in 2014.The coveted label had been showcasing repeatedly in the most prestigious shows across the country
Sales tax and NTN
Sales Tax Registration: 0304980002619
NTN: 0657868-3
Investor information
Unclaimed Dividends and dividends
Auditor
Ilyas Saeed & Co (Chartered Accountants)
F108-J Street No. 3, Block J Model Town, Lahore, Punjab
Phone: 042-35861852
Credit rating
August 2023
Share registrar
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