Monkiewicz to be put forward as chief insurance, pension fund regulator

Press reports suggest that Prime Minister Leszek Miller will tomorrow be presented with a candidate for chairman of the new Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Commission (KNUiFE), which will come into being on April 1. According to Rzeczpospolita, the choice for the job is Jan Monkiewicz, who until recently was president of life insurance company Polisa Zycie. Previously he had served as head of PZU. The KNUiFE will take over the duties of the Polish Insurance Supervision Office (PUNU), the Pension Funds Supervisory Office (UNFE) and the Health Insurance Supervisory Office (UNUZ). The prime minister appoints the KNUiFE chairman on the recommendation of the Finance and Labor Ministers. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B5) P.W.