Dr. Amir Safari Acting-Director General, Innovation and Development of Modern Businesses

Central Insurance of Iran (Insurance Regulatory and Supervisory Authority)

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Personal profile


- Currently serving as the General Director of the Department of Innovation and Development of Modern Business at Central Insurance of Iran (CII), the country's insurance regulatory and supervisory authority.
- Formerly led the Insurance Research Center (IRC) for 4 years, overseeing a team of 90+ employees, affiliated with CII.
- Earned a Ph.D. in Economics Engineering with a focus on the application of Artificial Intelligence in finance, Germany.
- Led the development of an insurance solvency system for the Iranian insurance industry. My research team proposed a risk-based system addressing credit, liquidity, market, underwriting, and catastrophic risks, which was later ratified and enacted as a standard under By-law No. 69 by the Iranian Insurance High Council.
- Founded an Insurtech (RiskTech) company.