Formation: In 1997, Insurance Macro Studies Research Department semiofficially started its activity in the Insurance Research Office at Central Insurance of I. R. Iran in areas including management, governance, and direct insurance and reinsurance regulation. After the foundation of IRC in 2004 and with the official confirmation of Higher Education Council, the Insurance Macro Studies Research Department continued its works more extensively.

Mission: conducting fundamental, applied, and developmental studies in the areas such as insurance management, regulation, governance, and development. The prospect for the department is to become a reliable academic and research center in the studies related to management, regulation, and general issues in the insurance industry of the country, the region, and the world.

The most relevant study areas: risk management, revision of the laws and bylaws related to management and regulation fields, trends in regulation procedures in the global insurance industries, insurance sale network and marketing, insurance company management, insurance culture, organizational behavior management in the insurance industry, human resource management in the insurance industry, insurance education, creativity and innovation in insurance products, and other general insurance studies in the organizational and marco levels.

Formation: In 1997, Property and Casualty Insurance Research Department semiofficially started its activity in the Insurance Research Office at Central Insurance of I. R. Iran in areas relevant to P&C insurance business. After the foundation of IRC in 2004 and with the official confirmation of Higher Education Council, Property and Casualty Insurance Research Department continued its works more extensively.

Mission: conducting fundamental, applied, and developmental studies in the areas related to P&C insurances. The prospects for the department is to become a reliable academic and research center in the studies related to management, regulation, and general issues in the insurance industry of the country, the region, and the world.

The most relevant study areas: risk management in P&C insurances, revision of relevant laws and bylaws in P&C insurances, actuarial studies, pricing premiums for P&C lines, feasibility study for offering new insurance products and enhancing the present offerings, assessment and identification of strategies for promoting financial stability, reduction or elimination of systemic risks in financial systems, and strategies to increase insurance penetration rate in various lines of P&C line.

Formation: Personal Insurances Research Department was founded in 1997 and semiofficially started its activity in the Insurance Research Office at Central Insurance of I. R. Iran in areas including personal, life, health, and disaster lines. After the establishment of IRC in 2004 and with the official confirmation of Higher Education Council, the Personal Insurances Research Department continued its works more extensively.

Mission: Conducting fundamental, applied, and developmental studies in relevant areas in personal insurances. The prospect of the research department is to become a reliable academic and research center in the insurance industry of the country, the region, and the world.

The most relevant study areas: risk management in personal lines, revision of relevant laws and bylaws in personal insurances, actuarial and insurance computations, mathematical reserves and their role in capital markets, health economy, feasibility study and developing a model for commercial insurances to enter into social security services, pension and retirement schemes, feasibility studies in offering new insurance products, and enhancing the present offerings.

Formation: Islamic Studies Research Department semiofficially started its activity immediately after the foundation of the Insurance Research Center in 2004. After the official confirmation of Higher Education Council in 2020, Islamic Studies Research Department continued its works more extensively.

Mission: Conducting applied, fundamental, and developmental studies in the areas of insurance law and jurisprudence issues. It is expected that the department, with creating a vast network of researchers and experts in Islamic studies and insurance law helps advance the insurance legal insurance knowledge, tackle the problems of the insurance industry, and update the insurance rules and regulations.

The most relevant study areas:

-    Islamic and legal studies in the areas of insurance contracts especially TPL insurance, fire insurance, liability insurance, modern insurances, specialty insurances in Islamic countries, agriculture insurance, and etc.;
-    Analysis of insurance laws and regulations and proposal for their amendment, revision of insurance regulations;
-    Legal and tribunal procedures for the disputes between the insurer and policyholder, feasibility study of forming professional insurance courts;
-    Comparative insurance law studies;
-    Various types of insurance-related crimes;
-    Insurance and capital market interplay.

Formation: In 1997, Electronic Insurance Research Department semiofficially started its activity in the Insurance Research Office at Central Insurance of I. R. Iran. In 2020 and after the official confirmation of Higher Education Council, the Electronic Insurance Research Department continued its works more extensively with a new structure.

Mission: conducting applied studies with the aim of creating values through promoting modern digital technologies in the insurance industry, creating a communication network among professionals and technology owners using modern technologies in order to boost productivity, extend insurance services, increase insurance penetration rate, and employ AI, introducing new services, and offering strategies for tackling problems of the insurance industry.   

The most relevant study areas:
-    The risks in cyber space and introducing cyber insurance;
-    IoT and its impact on the insurance industry;
-    GIS and parametric insurance;
-    Blockchain and cryptocurrencies in the insurance industry;
-    Integrated and smart systems for insurance services.