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AIU is a result of dedicated efforts by group of “Senior Underwriters” who are leading and guiding Underwriting Teams in various Life Insurance and Reinsurance companies in India. This association is formed with motive to encourage and popularize “Underwriting” as a profession and therefore train and guide underwriters in India. We have aims that are common and believe in working together as partners to help Indian underwriters reach their professional goals.

AIU started as a discussion group in late 2006. From eleven dedicated underwriting professionals it has grown in leaps and bounds. AIU made a humble beginning in this respect in 2007 by successfully planning first ever underwriting seminar for Indian Underwriters by Indian Underwriters. It was followed by three more Underwriting Seminars in Oct 2008, October 2009 and October 20010. AIU has also conducted two workshops including a workshop at Gurgaon. All these programs were extremely well attended.

AIU is a medium to help underwriters operate in a manner which will exhibit exceptional professionalism. For this we use various modes such as seminars, workshops, webinars, etc. We will also explore the possibility of encouraging technical education by tying up with different educational institutes and programmes of repute.

First four seminars of AIU have been extremely successful and were attended. We were also able to attract speakers of national and international repute and authority in their respective areas. The keynote speakers at our annual seminar “Know Your Life” so far have been: Mr R Kannan, Member (Actuary)-IRDA in 2007, Mr K. Subrahmanyam, Executive Director (Actuarial)-IRDA in 2008 , Mr. G.N. Agarwal, President- Institute of Actuaries in 2009 and Mr. Liyaquat Khan, President - Institute of Actuaries in 2010.

AIU does not certainly intend to limit itself as a medium of training but also aims at working in the larger interest of underwriting profession and Insurance industry. Since the opening of insurance sector, our industry has been undergoing evolution. Its growth is phenomenal. The underwriting profession is also growing in similar pace. This creates a need to have some platform for all the underwriting professionals where they can share their views on current and emerging issues, AIU is one such platform. AIU will regularly encourage group discussions on current topics and sharing of views on emerging issues and if required, will take up worthy causes with other forums.

The support from our partners towards various activities undertaken by AIU has been phenomenal and its greatly due to our partners that we could scale the heights that we have reached in such short time.

AIU stands committed towards continuous growth of underwriting as a profession in India and do its best in supporting the same through various activities.
The theme that we chose for our annual seminar “Know Your Life 2011” is “Risk Management in India - Time to take the leap” and that’s our motto for the year too.