Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited

Fareast Islami Life Insurance Limited ফারইস্ট ইসলামী লাইফ ইন্স্যুরেন্স কোম্পানী লিমিটেড, was founded in Bangladesh as a public life insurance company in 2000.^[2] Currently the company has 23 Divisional Offices, 103 Service Center Offices, 252 Zonal Offices and 635 Premium collection centers throughout Bangladesh. Sheikh Kabir Hossain is the chairman of the company.

Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited

Company type	Public Limited
Industry	Financial services, insurance
Founded	May 29, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-05-29)
Headquarters	Dhaka , Bangladesh
Key people	Sheikh Kabir Hossain (Chairman) M. A. Khaleq (Founder) Dr. Chowdhury Mohammad Wasiuddin FCA, FCMA (CEO) ^[1]
Number of employees	1,811
Website	www.fareastislamilife.com

History

Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited was established on 29 May 2000.^[3] It then listed with the Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange.^[3]

MA Khaleque, director of Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited, was appointed chairman of Fareast Finance and Investment Limited on 18 September 2007.^[4]

Md Nazrul Islam was appointed chairman of the Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited in February 2010.^[5] Islam was a founding director of the insurance company and managing director of Surmi Cold Storage Limited.^[5]

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has removed the board of directors of Fareast Islamic Life Insurance and appointed 10 new independent directors on 1 September 2021 to protect investors, policyholders and the overall capital market.^[6] Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority removed the chief executive officer of Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited, Md Hemayet Ullah, after its investigation had found evidence of financial irregularities.^[7] It also banned him from joining any insurance company.^[8] According to an audit report by A Wahab & Co. Chartered Accountants, commissioned by Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission, 21 billion taka was stolen from Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited from 2010 to 2020.^[9]

On 22 February 2022, Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission reformed the board again and appointed Sheikh Kabir Hossain chairman of the board.^[10] Beximco Group had taken control of Fareast Islami Life Insurance Company Limited.^[11] The insurance company decided to sell assets to pay insurance claims.^{[12] [13]} It shares declined in the Dhaka Stock Exchange.^[14] Sheikh Kabir Hossain claimed the company paid to taxes from 2014 to 2021 to the National Board of Revenue.^[15]

Financial performance

As on 31 December 2017 the authorized capital of the company is taka 1000 million and paid up capital is taka 747.42 million.^[16]

Insurance services

• Ekok Bima
• Sarbojonon Bima
• Group Bima

Board of directors

Name	Title	Reference
Sheikh Kabir Hossain	Chairman	^[17]
Ibraheem Hosein Khan	Director	^[17]
Sheikh Mamun Khaled	Director	^[17]
Md. Rafiqul Islam	Director	^[17]
Lafifa Jamal	Director	^[17]
Mozammel Haque Babu	Director	^[17]
Mohammad Helal Miah	Director	^[17]
Arif Khan	Director	^[17]
Mostafa Zamanul Bahar	Director	^[17]
Jahurul Islam Chowdhury	Director	^[17]
Mohammad Ali Nawaz	Director	^[17]
Md. Masum Mia	Director	^[17]

Subsidiaries

• Fareast Islami Securities Limited^[18]
• Fareast Islami Properties Limited^[18]

Notes

1. "New Chairman of Fareast Islami Life". Online Portal. Dhaka. 15 February 2010.
2. "Fareast Islami Life Insurance holds insurance claim payment ceremony". The Business Standard. 2022-04-21. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
3. "Fareast Islami life insurance co. ltd". www.fareastislamilife.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
4. "New chairman, vice chairman of Fareast Finance". The Daily Star. 2007-09-18. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
5. "New chairman for Fareast Islami Life Ins". The Daily Star. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
6. "BSEC dismisses board of Fareast Islami Life Insurance". The Daily Star. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
7. "Idra removes Fareast Islami Life's CEO Hemayet Ullah". The Business Standard. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
8. "Idra bans appointment of former Fareast Life Insurance CEO in other companies". The Business Standard. 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
9. Habib, Ahsan (2021-12-15). "Audit Report on Fareast Insurance: Over Tk 2,100cr embezzled". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
10. "BSEC recasts Fareast Islami Life Insurance board again". businesspostbd.com. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
11. "BEXIMCO Group takes control of Fareast Islami Life Insurance". New Age. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
12. "Fareast Islami Life to sell assets to pay insurance claims". The Business Standard. 2022-08-10. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
13. "3 including Fareast Life Insurance ex-chairman land in jail for 'embezzling' Tk816cr". The Business Standard. 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
14. "Dhaka stocks plunge". New Age. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
15. "Fareast Life paid no tax for 7yrs, co's chair claims". New Age. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
16. "Annual Report 2017". fareastislamilife.com.
17. "Fareast Islami life insurance co. ltd". fareastislamilife.com. Retrieved 2022-11-08.
18. "BSEC recasts board of Fareast Islami Life Insurance". The Business Standard. 2021-09-01. Retrieved 2022-10-10.