On December 22, the talent pool of independent directors of insurance institutions (hereinafter referred to as the talent pool of independent directors) developed and constructed by China Insurance Industry Association (hereinafter referred to as the insurance industry association) was officially launched. The talent pool of independent directors was developed and constructed under the guidance of China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission to promote insurance institutions to improve corporate governance, improve risk prevention and control level and achieve high-quality development.
The measures for the administration of independent directors of insurance institutions stipulates that China Insurance Industry Association shall carry out the construction and management of the talent pool of independent directors of insurance institutions. The talent pool of independent directors is a platform for independent directors to recommend and select, evaluate their performance, reward and punish reputation, information disclosure, supervision and management. Insurance institutions can select and employ independent directors from the talent pool of independent directors or other channels.
Through the operation and construction of the talent pool of independent directors, on the one hand, the insurance association will strengthen the self-discipline management of independent directors of insurance institutions, enhance social supervision, and force independent directors to consciously improve their performance efficiency. On the other hand, it will gather more professionals and broaden the source channels of independent directors.
The talent pool of Independent Directors consists of the information of incumbent independent directors and the talent information of alternative independent directors. Insurance institutions disclose the basic information, participation in the board of directors, annual performance evaluation and other information of all existing independent directors in the talent pool of independent directors. Candidates for independent directors include senior professionals engaged in finance, accounting, auditing, law, technology finance and artificial intelligence in insurance related fields, current or retired senior managers (or equivalent) of banks, securities companies, fund companies and other non insurance financial institutions, Retired senior managers (or equivalent personnel) who hold senior management or key positions in insurance institutions, researchers, professors and above positions (or equivalent positions) in scientific research institutions and colleges and universities in finance, law, insurance, actuary and other related fields, and personnel who have served as independent directors in financial institutions or large listed companies in non-financial industries, Department and bureau level cadres and other personnel retired from relevant government agencies and institutions for more than 3 years. Qualified social personages can enter the independent director talent pool through the service platform column of the official website of the Insurance Association, register and submit the warehousing application.
At present, 385 independent directors in insurance institutions and 104 alternative independent directors have disclosed information in the independent director talent pool. 91 insurance institutions disclosed the participation of existing independent directors and 87 insurance companies disclosed the performance evaluation of existing independent directors in 2020.
Next, the insurance association will further study the connection between the independent director talent pool and the China Insurance Network University platform, and deepen the continuing education of independent directors; Increase the data statistics function of the independent director talent pool, conduct statistical research on the talent structure and performance of independent directors every year, and regularly publish the employment report of independent directors in the insurance industry; Study the addition of blacklist columns to intensively disclose the unqualified performance evaluation of independent directors; According to the deployment of the cbcirc, we will timely start the construction of the talent pool of external supervisors and senior executives, continue to help insurance institutions improve their corporate governance capacity, enhance the scientificity and effectiveness of corporate governance, and contribute to the construction of the corporate governance mechanism of the insurance industry with Chinese characteristics.
(Securities Times)
