Dear Council Members,

The 1^st half of the year ushered in a big sigh of relief as the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared COVID 19 pandemic emergency over. This made it possible for us to hold onsite meetings and conferences.

ANDREWS Members successfully held its working group meeting on 9 June 2023 and followed by the 4^th ARWG Meeting and 1^st ATRWG Meeting on 3 July 2023 in Jakarta. ANDREWS Members joined the International Conference on Agriculture Insurance: Scalability and Sustainability, jointly organized by the National Development Planning Agency of the Republic of Indonesia (BAPPENAS), JICA, and ANDREWS/AIC, on 8 June 2023. The ARWC and ATRWC members attended the 2^nd Indonesia Re International Conference on 3 to 4 July 2023.

We are now entering the 2nd half of the year 2023 and gearing up for the 5^th ASEAN Insurance Summit (AIS), the 26^th ASEAN Insurance Regulators’ Meeting (AIRM), and the 49^th ASEAN Insurance Council (AIC) Meeting from 5 to 8 December 2023 in Ha Long, Vietnam.

The theme of the 5^th AIS is “ASEAN Insurance Industry’s Transformation and Sustainability: Accelerating Ambitions into Actions”.

In line with this theme, AIC Working Committees are working on programmes that support the ASEAN member states’ effort in addressing Climate Change and Sustainability.

ASEAN Reinsurance Working Committee (ARWC):  ASEAN Green Energy Pool

ASEAN Insurance Education Committee (AIEC):  ASEAN Professional Insurance Diploma consisting of:

Module 1: ASEAN   Insurance   Market   Practices (Underwriting and Claims)

Module 2: Climate Risk Management and Environmental Risk Management In ASEAN

ASEAN Natural Disaster Reporting and Works Sharing (ANDREWS) : Information exchange on agriculture insurance and state asset insurance.

ASEAN Takaful/Retakaful Working Committee: Compilation and sharing of Takaful Regulations and Best Practices

ASEAN COB: Digitalization of the ASEAN Compulsory Motor Insurance (ACMI) https://www.aseancob.org/purchase-compulsory-motor-insurance-in-asean/#customize-56442

The AIC Secretariat is grateful to the Insurance Supervisory Authority (ISA) of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam and the Insurance Association of Vietnam (IAV) for hosting this year’s Meetings and Summit.

We look forward to meeting you all in Ha Long, Vietnam!