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The third Death Anniversary of MA Samad was observed on 17 October. On this occasion his family members and BGIC family requested all friends, well·wishers and relatives to pray for the peace of the departed soul.

Late M. A. Samad established Bangladesh General Insurance Company Limited (BOIC) after his retirement as Managing Director, Jiban Bima Corporation. He was an Honours Graduate from the Illustrious Presidency College, Kolkata with a brilliant academic career all though. He was associated with the Insurance Industry since 1946. He was the Founder Director of Bangladesh Insurance Academy, an Institution established by Government for professional training and dissemination of insurance education.

Besides his two books written in Bengali, one on Life Insurance and another on General Insurance, he is the author of two more English text books on Life Insurance, which received high appreciation from a number of renowned insurance organizations of the world. He was enlisted as an International expert in the Technical Assistance Programme on Trade and Development of the United Nations. Late M. A. Samad represented his country at a number of seminars and conferences abroad and visited most of the Insurance Training Institutions in U.K. and U.S.A. under DNDP. Fellowship Programme. He was also a former Chairman of Bangladesh Insurance Association, the country's apex insurance entity. Late MA Samad was born at Kulaura in the district of Moulvibazar in a respectable Muslim Family in 1923.