Feasibility study on insurance benefit for expatriates submitted

A feasibility study titled “Insurance and Risk Solutions (I&RS) for Bangladesh Migrant Workers” was handed over to Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Imran Ahmad at his office in Dhaka on Sunday.

Senior officials and representatives of the organisations concerned, including Senior Secretary Ahmed Munirus Saleheen of the ministry, were present on the occasion, according to a press release.

The feasibility study was under the memorandum of understanding (MoU) inked between the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment and the Gentium Lockton Consortium on insurance benefits for migrant workers on January 17, 2021, in the presence of Minister Imran Ahmad, read the release.

Senior Secretary Munirus Saleheen and the consortium’s adviser, M Kaikobad Hossain, also a former secretary, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides.

The government and the Ministry of Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment will verify and review the feasibility study report and take the next step, the release added.