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- Peoples Insurance PLC is a Bangladesh-based non-life insurance company that provides a comprehensive range of general insurance, risk underwriting, and claims management services to commercial, corporate, and individual clients. The company structures its underwriting operations across several primary business categories: Fire, Marine, Motor, Engineering, Health and Accident, and Miscellaneous Insurance. Its core product and service portfolio comprises Fire Insurance, which includes fire and allied perils insurance, industrial all risks (IAR) coverage, and consequential loss or business interruption insurance; Marine Insurance, which encompasses marine cargo insurance for domestic and international transit via sea, air, rail, and road, as well as marine hull insurance for commercial vessels; Motor Insurance, which provides comprehensive vehicle insurance and third-party act liability policies for commercial fleets and private vehicles; Engineering Insurance, which delivers contractor's all risks (CAR), erection all risks (EAR), machinery breakdown (MB) insurance, boiler and pressure vessels (BPV) coverage, electronic equipment insurance (EEI), and deterioration of stock (DOS) policies; Health and Accident Insurance, which includes personal accident protection, overseas mediclaim, and comprehensive international travel insurance; and Miscellaneous and Financial Liability Insurance, which offers burglary and housebreaking coverage, cash-in-transit (CIT), cash-in-safe (CIS), cash-on-counter (COC), cash-in-ATM booth insurance, safe deposit locker protection, public liability, product liability, fidelity guarantee, and workmen's compensation insurance. Peoples Insurance PLC delivers its underwriting and risk advisory services nationwide across Bangladesh through a centralized head office and an extensive network of regional and urban branches located in major commercial centers, including Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, Narayanganj, Narsingdi, Munshiganj, Chandpur, and Khulna. In recent corporate developments, the institution formally changed its name from Peoples Insurance Company Limited to Peoples Insurance PLC in November 2025 to comply with statutory corporate governance amendments for publicly traded companies on the Dhaka Stock Exchange. The company has also maintained an active capital management strategy by approving consecutive 10.5% cash dividends for the 2024 and 2025 fiscal years, while advancing the modernization of its branch infrastructure and expanding digital claims processing and policy administration capabilities. Incorporated on March 31, 1985, Peoples Insurance PLC is headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh.