Mr Rudy Wuwungan, former CEO of PT MAREIN, ex-Secretary General of the ASEAN Insurance Council, and Lifetime Achievement Award Winner of Asia Insurance Industry Awards, has passed away. Though aged over 70, he had not retired from the industry. He spent more than 45 years in insurance and saw himself as an “obedient servant of the insurance industry”.

He was renowned as an active leader fiercely devoted to the insurance industry right up to his last days.Setting up an insurance research centre in Asia was one of his pet calls. As a member of the Supervisory Board of Indonesian Senior Executives Association (ISEA), he had been planning a public launch of the book on the Asean Economic Community (AEC) at the Asian Motor Insurance Conference next week (18-19 May) in Jakarta. He was also in the midst of setting up a “group of insurance wise men” for the AEC.
Pak Rudi started his insurance career in Malaysia, and then moved to Germany and Hong Kong before returning to Indonesia to join PT Maskapai Reasuransi Indonesia Tbk (PT MAREIN) in 1979, including making the company public. One of his major contributions was encouraging the young by providing them with opportunities. As a veteran, he had many suggestions and projects that he promoted for Indonesia, Asean and Asia.
Pak Rudi served a stint as Honorary Secretary-General of the Asean Insurance Council and as a member of the Supervisory Board of the Asosiasi Asuransi Umum Indonesia (AAUI or Indonesian General Insurance Association).
He was also an active Chairman of PT Asuransi Wuwungan. He spearheaded the publication of several important insurance research including the Sejarah Asuransi Indonesia (The History of Insurance in Indonesia) and the AEC Book.
Our deepest condolences to the family of Mr Rudy Wuwungan.

Source: eWeekly