Apr 2023 Issue No.310
New Governing Committee & HKFI AGM
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he Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on 28 April 2023 approved the formation of the new Governing Committee (GC) of the HKFI for 2023/2024 term as follows:
Chairman Ms Orchis Li
Deputy Chairman Mr Ivan Tam
Members Mr P L Chan Mr Alger Fung Mr Eric Hui Mr Clement Lam Mr Edward Moncreiffe Mr Ellick Tsui Ms Sally Wan Ms Winnie Wong
Recommendations from HKFI’s Think Tank
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he Think Tank on Reinventing Hong Kong’s Internationa l In surance Hu b (Thin k Ta n k) presented a proposal to the HKSAR Government in early April. Nine recommendations are made under three dedicated focuses on promoting the strategic role of the Hong Kong insurance sector, enhancing its overall capacity to support the execution of national strategy and building more sustainable talent pools for the insurance industry in Hong Kong. Think Tank Chairman Mr Edward Moncreiffe, HKFI Chairman Ms Winnie Wong and Chief Executive Ms Selina Lau met the press in mid-April to highlight the key research findings and the strategic proposals. As a further step, we will engage the relevant government officials and stakeholders to put into action our pragmatic recommendations. For an overview of the recommendations, please refer to our media release published on 14 April 2023.
Tripartite Meeting on Green Insurance
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t the tripartite meeting on green insurance between HKFI, Insurance Authority (IA) and appointed project consultant on 12 April 2023, we had a fruitful dialogue on the latest industry developments and the major updates of HKFI’s consultancy study on the subject. Inter alia, we covered climate readiness, climate disclosures and climate data from the insurance’s perspective and discussed ways to facilitate industry’s adaptation to the new developments. Going forward, we will communicate with the Member Companies on the findings of the consultancy study and we look forward to your support on our recommendations.