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Pakistan Insurance Corporation
Annual Report 1998
Contents
Board of Directors
Senior Management
Notice
Directors' Report to the Shareholders
46 Years at a Glance
Auditors' Report to the Members
Consolidated Revenue Account
Revenue Account-Fire
Revenue Account-Marine
Revenue Account-Miscellaneous
Profit and Loss Account and Profit and Loss Appropriation Account
Balance Sheet
Cash Flow Statement for the year ended December 31, 1998
Notes to the Accounts
Shareholders' Statistics for the year ended December 31, 1998
Board of Directors
SAYED MUZAFAR ALI SHAH CHAIRMAN
DR. NAJEEB SAMIE DIRECTOR
MR. S. M. RAFIQUE AKHTAR DIRECTOR
MR. AFTAB AHMED KHAN DIRECTOR
MR. M. JAMIL ERICKZADA DIRECTOR
MR. SALEEM IQBAL QURESHI DIRECTOR
MR. NAVEED HASAN DIRECTOR
AUDITORS:
SIDAT HYDER QAMAR & CO. RAHMAN SARFRAZ & CO.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
HEAD OFFICE:  
PIC Towers, 32-A, Lalazar Drive, M. T. Khan Road,
P.O.Box: 4777, Karachi - Pakistan.
Telephone No.: 9202908 to 14
Telex: 20428 PAKRE PK Telefax :9202921 - 9202922
E Mail: pic@khi.compol.com
ZONAL OFFICE:
Al-Jannat, Bank Square, Lahore.
BANKERS
National Bank of Pakistan Ltd.
Habib Bank Limited
Muslim Commercial Bank Ltd.
Senior Management 
Mr. Abdul Ghaffar Qureshi Executive Director (Reinsurance)
Mr. S.S. Momin Secretary
Mr. Mohammad Ali Chief Manager (Reinsurance)
Mr. Mohammad Yakoob Chief Manager (Finance & Accounts)
Mr. Sajid Ali Khan Chief Manager (DPD)
Mrs. Ghazala Imran Chief Manager (NZO), Lahore
Mr. Asghar Imam Khalid Manager (Internal Audit)
Mr. Ayaz Hussain M. Gaad Manager (Administration)
Mr. Abbas Raza Rizvi Manager (CR T/AVN/ECO)
Mr. Fida Hussain Samoo Manager (Investment/FT)
Mr. Reyazul Hasan Manager (Accident/Engg.)
Mr. S. M. Sadiq Manager (Marine)
Mr. Shehzad Farooq Lodhi Manager (Establishment)
Mr. Haq Nawaz Shah Manager (F&A)
Notice
    Notice is hereby given that the Forty Sixth annual general meeting of the shareholders of the Pakistan
Insurance Corporation will be held on Monday 6th December, 1999 at 10 a.m. at PIC Towers, 32-A, Lalazar
Drive, M. T. Khan Road, Karachi, to transact the following business:
(1) To confirm the minutes of the 45th annual general meeting held on 29th December 1998.
(2) To receive, consider and adopt the audited balance sheet as at 31st December, 1998, the revenue
accounts, the profit & loss account and the profit & loss appropriation account for the year ended
31 st December, 1998.
(3) To declare dividend, as recommended by the Board of Directors for the year ended 31 st December,
  1998.
(4) To transact any other business with the permission of the Chair.
By order of the Board
(S.S. MOMIN)
Karachi, the 25th October, 1999. Secretary
NOTES
(i) The share transfer books of the corporation shall remain closed for seven days from 30th November,
1999 to 6th December, 1999 (both days inclusive) to ascertain the entitlement of the dividend.
(ii) A shareholder eligible to attend and vote at the meeting may appoint another shareholder as his/her
  proxy to attend and vote on his/her behalf. In order to be effective, proxies must be received by the
  Secretary of the Corporation not less than four (4) clear days before the date of the meeting.
(iii) The shareholders are requested to immediately notify change in their address, if any.
Report of the Board of Directors on the Working of the
  Corporation for the year ended 31st December, 1998.
The Shareholders,
Pakistan Insurance Corporation,
Gentlemen,
Your directors again feel pleasure in presenting the 46th annual report on the accounts of the Corporation for the year
1995.
2. The growth of PIC business since 1968 is shown in the following table:
Gross
Year Premium Income Profit/Loss Total Reserves  Total Investments
1968 131.9 7.4 63.4 42.3
1973 238.9 10.9 127.4 37.1
1978 578.6 33.60 390.0 251.5
1983 897.6 66.6 640.0 476.6
1988 1104.6 119.4 885.0 620.0
1991 1526.3 48.9 1,175.4 724.0
1992 1735.4 116 1,329.5 847.5
1993 1677.3 169.5 1,447.7 841.0
1994 1983.70 142.20 1,442.9 903.9
1995 2207.8 136.2 1,468.8 860.2
1996 2548.5 211.6 1,610.0 953.8
1997 2704.1 (14.6) 1,763.0 1085.0
1998 2708.7 56.2 1,928.0 1271.0
3. At a glance, the position of Revenue Accounts  is as under:-
Fire        Marine Misc. Total
1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998 1997 1998
Gross premium 851 937 386 399 1467 1372 2704 2708
Retro. Premium 510 443 165 150 807 641 1482 1234
Net Premium 341 494 221 249 660 371 1222 1474
Net Commission 164 206 76 84 208 212 448 502
Net Claims 161 161 150 112 448 502 759 775
Prem. Res. Adjustment (11) 61 6 15 43 30 38 106
Underwriting surplus 27 66 (11) 38 (39) (13) (23) 91
Management Exp. 22 36 14 18 43 58 79 107
Underwriting Profit/loss 5 30 (25) 20 (82) (66) (102) (16)
4. The gross premium income in 1998 is Rs. 2,708 million against Rs. 2,704 million in 1997 which shows the same level
of business as last year. PIC continues to retain about 29% market share in the general insurance market of Pakistan.
5. The management expenses, in percentage terms, are only about 4% of the gross premium income. This ratio com-
pares favourably both with the direct insurance companies and the reinsurance companies operating either national-
ly or internationally.
6. PIC installed an IBM Computer AS/400 and started expanding computerisation to more areas of its operations.
7. As in the past, Premium Reserve has been calculated at 100% of the net premium in respect of Marine Hull and
  Aviation Hull, 50% of the net premium for the Marine Cargo and 40% of the net premium for Fire, Accident and
  Engineering Business.
8. In 1998, PlC's investments crossed the Rs. twelve hundred million and touched the all-time high figure of
  Rs. 1,271 million from that of Rs. 1,085 million in 1997 and Rs. 954 million in 1996. The investments thus increased
  by about Rs. 186 million in 1998 over those of 1997 and by Rs. 131 million in 1996, The break-up value of PIC's
  share as at 31st December, 1998 was above Rs. 1,900/- and the price/earning ratio for the year 1998 was Rs. 112/- per
  share.
DIVIDEND:
The Directors are pleased to declare a dividend of 10% for the year 1998 and also take this opportunity
to thank all insurance companies, its chairman, directors, officers and staff of the corporation for the co-operation
extended by them in running the affairs of the corporation.
46 Years at a Glance
(In Million of Rupees)
Paid up Dividend Gross Net Underwriting Management Under- Net Total Investments Total investments
Years Capital Declared Premium Premium surplus/deficit before expenses writing Profit/Loss Reserves into shares including Land
% management exp. profit/loss & NIT Units and Building
1953 2.000 -- 1.638 1.447 0.083 0.071 0.012 0.013 0.795 -- 1.046
1954 2.000 5 4.492 3.840 0.408 0.199 0.209 0.106 3.202 0.757 3.514
1955 2.000 4 5.674 4.338 0.755 0.307 0.448 0.510 3.462 1.603 4.510
1956 2.000 5 8.045 5.193 0.807 0.334 0.473 0.575 4.844 2.339 5.099
1957 2.000 6-1/4 9.461 5.696 0.851 0.371 0.480 0.634 6.424 2.970 6.030
1958 2.000 10 20.734 8.288 1.333 0.445 0.888 1.069 8.704 3.964 8.993
1959 2.000 10 25.012 9.060 1.833 0.558 1.275 1.592 10.995 5.238 10.455
1960 2.000 10 33.110 10.890 1.620 0.602 1.018 1.694 11.258 5.221 11.381
1961 2.000 10 37.663 12.307 1.376 0.611 0.765 1.509 13.624 6.030 12.299
1962 2.000 10 47.889 15.403 1.285 0.939 0.654 1.561 17.032 6.754 14.902
1963 4.994 10 57.165 17.381 1.295 0.747 0.548 1.648 21.069 10.595 20.306
1964 5.000 10 67.400 25.931 1.813 1.009 0.804 2.017 25.901 14.600 25.789
1965 5.000 10 72.298 33.246 1.242 1.070 0.172 2.334 35.547 16.032 31.040
1966 5.000 10 93.806 38.251 1.540 1.252 0.288 2.308 39.501 16.950 35.407
1967 5.000 10 108.431 46.808 2.984 1.390 1.594 3.621 49.117 19.929 38.709
1968 5.000 10 131.942 54.168 5.802 1.783 4.019 7.397 63.364 27.818 42.456
1969 5.000 10 156.291 69.519 6.348 2.410 3.938 6.728 77.448 30.586 47.762
1970 5.000 10 155.445 61.644 7.165 3.307 3.858 8.752 91.108 32.195 51.242
1971 5.000 10 166.767 65.040 5.882 3.364 2.518 7.079 107.060 31.787 52.084
1972 4.997 10 215.202 89.049 5.304 3.285 2.019 6.287 116.223 24.676 35.986
1973 5.000 7-1/2 238.288 106.354 9.777 3.777 6.000 10.924 127.400 24.676 37.075
1974 5.000 7-1/2 319.887 157.391 19.817 4.878 14.939 16.022 174.027 25.530 47.584
1975 5.000 10 399.717 189.810 20.983 5.349 15.634 19.865 207.712 27.767 92.768
1976 5.000 10 942.368 200.463 16.667 6.091 10.576 26.518 262.956 30.484 138.739
1977 5.000 10 554.482 237.556 8.379 7.893 0.486 18.069 330.725 30.484 212.265
1978 5.000 10 578.556 263.661 17.508 8.286 9.222 33.550 390.044 30.976 251.465
1979 5.000 10 666.478 313.851 16.770 7.867 8.903 6.975 474.789 37.882 249.973
1980 8.000 10 733.309 370.117 (15.569) 9.499 (25.086) 7.396 539.195 135.052 327.114
1981 8.000 10 780.507 368.972 38.457 9.782 25.675 70.606 588.358 142.542 387.655
1982 10.000 10 872.829 414.346 35.112 10.629 24.483 72.639 577.241 144.081 414.704
1983 12.500 10 897.624 388.253 27.351 15.143 12.208 66.580 640.010 150.955 476.642
1984 17.500 10 817.497 350.317 36.870 14.298 22.572 76.049 707.578 151.791 505.673
1985 24.500 10 903.596 341.846 32.321 16.392 15.929 90.760 730.558 150.331 620.673
1986 35.000 10 981.198 381.047 49.154 19.876 29.278 96.893 748.086 156.309 591.001
1987 50.000 10 1165.766 476.128 60.393 22.910 37.483 102.836 815.746 296.926 623.446
1988 50.000 10 1104.600 485.300 66.724 26.171 40.55.3 119.411 884.675 331.533 678.644
1989 50.000 10 1156.986 557.182 24.129 32.399 (8.270) 88.889 958.312 353.317 719.463
1990 50.000 10 1333.101 680.201 22.808 41.482 (18.674) 82.962 1058.624 524.233 776.851
1991 50.000 10 1526.299 801.312 4.992 51.167 (46.171 ) 48.971 1175.438 528.414 801.015
1992 50.000 10 1735.423 920.608 (12.586) 51.545 (64.131 ) 115.957 1329.442 628.404 968.968
1993 50.000 10 1677.307 925.259 85.959 65.995 19.964 169.491 1447.679 632.660 1020.004
1994 50.000 10 1983.690 825.799 63.727 75.858 (12.131) 142.193 1442.878 705.784 1122.541
1995 50.000 10 2207.803 984.800 96.552 91.320 5.232 136.183 1468.831 707.109 1059.532
1996 50.000 10 2548.542 1137858 138.070 88.574 49.496 211.560 1609.863 808.803 1132.120
1997 50.000 10 2704.065 1221.506 (23.662) 78.826 (102.488) (14.605) 1763.023 922.000 1245.000
1998 50.000 10 2708.774 1474.006 90.596 107.287 (16.691) 56.223 1927.719 946.000 1408.000
Auditors' Report to the Member
We have audited the annexed balance sheet of PAKISTAN INSURANCE CORPORATION as at 31 December 1998 and the
related revenue accounts of Fire, Marine and Miscellaneous insurance business, the profit and loss account, profit and loss appro-
priation account and cash flow statement together with the notes thereon for the year then ended. These financial statements
are responsibility of the Corporation's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audit.
2. We conducted our audit in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing. Those Standards require that we
plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free of material mis-
statement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We have obtained all the
information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purposes of
audit except the matters reported below:
3. AMOUNT DUE TO/DUE FROM PERSONS AND BODIES CARRYING ON INSURANCE BUSINESS
AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
The accounting of revenue from premium, commission and losses is based on prescribed statutory Returns sub-
mitted by the ceding companies and considering the inherent nature of the 'business of the Corporation. Likewise,
transactions relating to retrocession are for the purposes of accounting based on written communication
between the Corporation and the insurance companies concerned. These returns and communications have
been relied upon for the purpose of audit. However, we were unable to verify the accuracy of balance due to / from
persons and bodies carrying on insurance business stated in the balance sheet at Rs. 452.822 million and Rs. 708.629
million (gross) respectively and Rs. 32.956 million of other receivables in view of the fact that our request for
confirmation of balances from certain companies either remained mostly unresponded or where a reply was
received, those revealed substantial differences compared to the position revealed by the Corporation's accounts. In
view of differences as stated above we were unable to satisfy ourselves about the reliability of the said balances.
Additionally, in the absence of an age analysis and reconciliation of the said balances, we could neither form any
opinion about the correctness nor the realizability of the balances stated to be due from such insurance com-
panies concerned. In view t)f the foregoing, we were also unable to verify the adequacy or otherwise of the provision
for bad and doubtful debts of Rs. 55.000 million as disclosed in the financial statements.
4. DEPOSIT RETAINED / HELD
We were unable to verify the correctness and realizability of the deposits of Rs. 61.211 million held by ceding compa-
nies, as disclosed in note 13 to the financial statements, in the absence of an individual party-wise record of such
deposits. Accordingly, the Corporation could not provide an age analysis of such deposits and no provision has
been made for any loss as may arise on account of unrealizability of any of such deposits.
For reasons explained afoesaid, we were also unable to verify deposits of Rs. 35.118 million retained or held by the
Corporation as disclosed in note 6 to the financial statements.
5. COST OF PIC TOWERS
The Corporation has not accounted for costs of approximately Rs. 20.9 million (Rs. 245.5 million less Rs.
224.6 million) in the building account due to certain disputes with the architect and contractors / suppliers as fully
explained in note 9.5 to the financial statements. As a result, depreciation is also understated to an extent the amount
whereof is not ascertainable at the present time.
6. ASSETS RELATING TO BANGLADESH (FORMER EAST PAKISTAN)
The Corporation has no control over the assets and liabilities in Bangladesh as referred to in notes 4.1,8 and 16 has
maintained in its records the position as it then was. No provision has been made for any loss that may arise.
7. We further state that:
a) in our opinion, proper books of account have been kept by the (Corporation as required by the Pakistan
Insurance Corporation Act, 1952 (the Act);
b) in our opinion , the annexed Balance Sheet, the Fire, Marine and Miscellaneous Insurance Revenue
Accounts, the Profit and Loss Account and the Profit and Loss Appropriation Account together with the
notes thereof have been drawn up in conformity with the Act and the form set out in the Pakistan Insurance
Corporation (General) Regulations, 1953 and are in agreement with the books of account and are further in
accordance with accounting policies consistently applied;
c) the expenditure incurred during the year was for the purpose of Corporation's business;
d) the business conducted, investments made and expenditure incurred during the year were in accor-
dance with the objects of the Corporation;
e) in our opinion and to the best of our information and according to the explanation given to us, the balance
sheet, the revenue accounts of fire, marine and miscellaneous insurance business, the profit and loss account
and the profit and loss appropriation account together with the notes forming part thereof, give the informa.
tion required by the Act in the manner so required and except for the financial effect of the matters
reported in paragraph s 3 to 6 above and the adjustments as may be determined to have been necessary in
respect of each of the matters so reported therein, the balance sheet, profit and loss account and cash flow
statement give, respectively, a true and fair view of the Corporation's affairs as at 31 December 1998 and its
profit and cash flow for the year then ended; and
f) in our opinion, no zakat was deductible at source under the Zakat and Ushr Ordinance, 1980.
8. Without qualifying our opinion, we draw attention to:
a) notes 2.8 and 4 to the financial statements. The Corporation's operating results are substantially dependent
on the management's estimates of liability in respect of outstanding claims and future claims (losses incurred
but no recorded)and the recoveries there against from the retrocessionaries, the ultimate outcome of
which cannot presently be determined; and
b) these financial statements have been prepared on a going-concern basis of accounting, which is sub-
ject to:
i) whether the Corporation would be able to continue as a going-concern in view of the proposed enact-
ment for regulation of insurance business which does not contain statutory provision for compulso-
ry cession of business to the Corporation, which is currently its main source of revenue and operation;
ii) the Ministry of Commerce, Government of Pakistan vide its letter 4(4)/974ns. II dated 08 June 1999 has
directed the Corporation to appoint qualified consultants for the purpose of the Corporatization of Pakistan
Insurance Corporation under the Companies Ordinance, 1984. Accordingly, the Corporation has appoint-
ed a firm of consultants for carrying out the above assignment.
RAHMAN, SARFRAZ & CO. SIDAT HYDER QAMAR & CO.
Chartered Accountants Chartered Accountants
KARACHI: 19th October, 1999
Revenue Account for the year ended 31st December, 1998
Consolidated for all Classes of Business
PARTICULARS
1998 1997
(Rs. '000) (Rs. '000)
Commission (less: Retrocessions) 502,289 448,158
Claims (less: Retrocessions) paid during the year 736,425 651,586
Add: Total estimated liability in respect of
outstanding claims at the end of the
year whether due or intimated (Net of
estimated claims from retrocessionaries) 356,542 317,743
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1,092,967 969,329
Less: Outstanding at the end of the previous year 317,743 209,701
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775,224 759,628
Management Expenses 107,287 78,826
Premium Reserve for the year-net 611,727 505,830
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1,996,527 1,792,442
Premium Reserve brought forward from last year 505,830 468,447
Premium 2,708,774 2,704,065
Less: Retrocessions 1,234,768 1,482,558
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1,474,006 1,221,507