Dhaka, Oct. 16 -- Tomorrow, Thursday, 17 October, marks the 20th death anniversary of M A Samad, an insurance legend and founder of Bangladesh General Insurance Company PLC (BGIC).

After his retirement as managing director of Jiban Bima Corporation, he established BGIC, the first non-life insurance company in the private sector after the country's liberation, according to a press release.

He was also a founder director of the Bangladesh Insurance Academy and a former chairman of the Bangladesh Insurance Association.

M A Samad wrote two books in Bengali -- one on life insurance and another on general insurance -- as well as two textbooks in English on life insurance.

A pioneer of the life insurance sector, he also made significant cont...