Authoritative update on insurance industry

Dr Wimal Wickramasinghe, one-time Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of a small composite insurance company, has finalised a 7621-page book entitled ‘Situation Essays’ on Insurance in Sri Lanka.

He says this book on insurance in Sri Lanka is the most authoritative and comparative update (up to mid-October 2007) on the insurance industry in Sri Lanka. It covers diverse subjects on insurance in Sri Lanka like overall view of insurance business, life and general insurance business, insurance education, takaful or Islamic insurance among other issues.

The only subject outside the scope of Sri Lanka is the one on insurance business in India, containing the latest developments in the insurance industry.The book would be released towards the end of the year, Dr Wickramasinghe said.