Board of Trustees
Members of Board of Trustees are the Minister of Sciences, Research & Technology or his representative, Director of the Management and Planning Organization or his representative, Director General of IRC who acts as the Secretary to Board of Trustees and three to five members elected from scientific and cultural communities. One of the main goals of Board of Trustees is the approval of organization chart, regulations, annual budgets and the appraisal of IRC annual report. The members of the Board of Trustees include natural and legal persons that are as follows:
Legal Persons:
1. Mr. Majid Behzadpour, President of Central Insurance of I.R. Iran, Chairman of the Board
2. Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Asgari, Director General of Insurance Research Center, Secretary General of the Board
3. Dr. Mohammad Soleymani, Representative of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology in the Board
4. Mozhgan Khanloo, Representative of the Strategic Supervisory Deputy of the President
Natural Persons:
1. Dr. Ali Sarzaim, Member of the Board of Directors, Faculty Member at Allameh Tabatab'i University
2. Dr. Seyed Safdar Husseini, Member of the Board of Directors, National Development Fund of Iran
3. Dr. Mehnaz Mollanazari, Member of the Board of Directors, President of Alzahra Universtiy
4. Dr. Asadollah Farzin Vash, Member of the Board of Directors, Research Deputy, Faculty of Economics, Tehran University
5. Dr. Mohsen Mehrara, Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy of Educational Affairs, Faculty of Economics, Tehran University
Director General of IRC
Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Asgari
Email: -
Phone: 0098-21-22074227
The Director General of IRC is nominated from the academic community by the President of Central Insurance of I.R. Iran and approved by the Minister of Sciences, Research & Technology for a period of 4 years. He must be a faculty member and his term in office is extendable. Among his major responsibilities are planning, signing contracts, annual budgeting and setting up research groups and enforcing the recommendations of the Board of Trustees and the Research Council.
The present Director General of IRC is Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Asgari. He is the Full Professor of Economics and faculty member of Imam Sadegh (PBUH) University (ISU) and was formerly at the same position at IRC during 2007-2008.
Research Council
Members of the Research Council are the Director General of IRC who acts as the Chairman of the Council, the Research Deputy of IRC who acts as the Council Secretary, the Directors of Departments and professionals from the insurance industry and academic members from across globe.
The research council responsibilities include planning and determining the scientific and research objectives of IRC, reviewing, evaluating and decision-making on the development of research projects, and formulating the outcomes of research activities. The research council assembly is held every month.
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Members of the Research Council
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Position
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Affiliation
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1
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Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Asgari
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Director General
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Insurance Research Center
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2
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Dr. Asma Hamzeh
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Faculty Member/Director
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Insurance Research Center
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3
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Dr. Maryam Ethnaashari
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Faculty Member/Director
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Property & Casualty Insurance Group, IRC
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4
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Dr. Aziz Ahmad Zadeh
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Director
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Life Insurance Research Group, IRC
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5
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Dr. Farzan Khamesian
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Director
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Insurance Economics and Financial Research Group , IRC
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6
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Dr. Mitra Ghanbarzadeh
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Faculty Member/Director
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Personal Insurance Research Group , IRC
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7
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Dr. Said Sehhat
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Member of the Research Council
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Insurance Research Center
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8
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Dr. Alireza Daghighi
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Member of the Research Council
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Insurance Research Center
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9
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Dr. Mohammad Nemati
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Member of the Research Council
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Insurance Research Center
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Research Deputy
Dr. Mohammad Ariamanesh
Email: Rdep@irc.ac.ir
Phone: 0098-21-22084022
The Research Deputy is responsible for leading, coordinating and supervising all the studies being carried out at IRC. A large proportion of the Research Deputy workload is related to research projects, sponsoring theses at master’s and Ph.D. level.
One of the major responsibilities of the deputy is offering research proposals to the research council and supervising the activities of the research groups. It also conducts need analysis projects in order to identify the research priorities of the insurance industry.
Under the Research Deputy supervision, since 2009, multiple large-scale research plans have been accomplished and several fundamental research projects have been undertaken and many more are anticipated until the end of 2024.
The current Research Deputy of IRC is Dr. Mohammad Ariamanesh. He has been Director of Geology Department of Yazd University, Deputy at International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), National Disaster Management Organization of Iran, SANJESH Organization, Payam Noor University, SAMT Organzation, Center for Nanoscience & Nanotechnology, Open and Remote Training Research Center, Member of the National Water Committee (Intergovernmental Hydrological Program (IHP) - UNESCO), and Director General of HR Department of Payam Noor University.