Seminar on Rating of Takaful and Retakaful Firms
This one-day Seminar will address issues on the need for ratings vis-à-vis the expansion of the Takaful and Retakaful industries, the rating methodologies employed by rating agencies and the perspectives of rated institutions.
Among the industry experts who have confirmed their participation in the Speaking Faculty are:
- Abdullah Haron, Assistant Secretary-General, IFSB
- Dr. Abdul Rahman Khalil Tolefat, Allianz Takaful, Bahrain
- Dr. Aida Othman, Zaid Ibrahim & Co., Malaysia
- Andrew Cunningham, Financial Services Corps, Egypt
- Connie Wong, Financial Institutions Ratings, Hong Kong
- Ismail Mahbob, Malaysian National Reinsurance Berhad
- Jon McMullen, International Islamic Rating Agency, Bahrain
- Milly Leong, Malaysia Rating Corporation Berhad
- Dato' Mohamed Hassan Md. Kamil, Syarikat Takaful Malaysia Berhad
- Mohammad Azam, Islamic Corporation for the Insurance of Investment and Export Credit, Saudi Arabia
- Pervez Rivzi, HSBC Amanah Takaful (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd.
- Professor Simon Archer, IFSB
- Sobia Maqbool, JCR-VIS Credit Rating Co. Ltd., Pakistan
- Wan Siew Wai, Fitch Ratings, Singapore
- Wing Chew, Moody's Investors Services, Australia
- Vasilis Katsipis, A.M. Best, United Kingdom<