Arup Chatterjee, IAIS, SwitzerlandArup Chatterjee is Principal Administrator, International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) at Basel, Switzerland. He is responsible for the secretariat of the IAIS-CGAP Joint Working Group on Microinsurance. He is also responsible for implementation of insurance standards in emerging market jurisdictions and the project for education of insurance supervisors. He has over twenty years hands on experience in the insurance industry spanning across insurance operations -- underwriting, claims, reinsurance, product development and distribution; regulation, supervision and policy making, and; capacity building by way of rendering technical assistance and training. Prior to joining the IAIS he was a senior Deputy Director in the Insurance Regulatory And Development Authority (IRDA), India where he was actively associated in developing, communicating and implementing regulatory policy for almost a decade. He was closely involved with the concept paper to develop microinsurance initiatives in India in 2004 which formed the basis for the notification of microinsurance regulations in 2005. Arup holds a Bachelors degree with Honours in Economics and Mathematics from University of Delhi and dual Masters - in International Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University and International Business from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. He is a member of the CGAP Working Group on Microinsurance. |