My employer has put in place a medical insurance scheme for all employees, but has said it is for the staff only and we cannot include our families. I have offered to pay the cost, but they are still refusing to add my wife and son. Are they allowed to […]
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Shareholder lauds insurers’ doggedness amidst economic impasse
Leave a comment Chuks Udo Okonta The President, Independent Shareholders Association of Nigeria (ISAN), Sir Sunny Nwosu, has lauded the insurance operators for remaining afloat amidst the nation’s economic challenges. He said this at an annual general meeting of a company in Lagos, adding that the operators are really working […]
Axa sells UK businesses including SunLife to insurer Phoenix
Axa sold its SunLife unit in the UK to Phoenix Group Holdings and announced the top-management team that will work with incoming Chief Executive Officer Thomas Buberl when he takes the helm in September. Gerald Harlin will become group chief financial officer while Paul Evans will replace Buberl as head […]
Chilekezi wins AIO book award
Leave a comment and share Chuks Udo Okonta The African Insurance Organisation’s conference ended on a good note as the 2016 African Insurance Organisation awards were won by two Nigerians with one of the winners being Obinna Chilekezi, an insurance researcher and consultant who started his career in […]
“STAR , STB seek to create insurance-bank,” says CEO of STAR
CEO of the Tunisian Company of Insurance and Reinsurance (STAR), Lassaad Zarrouk said his company and the STB are working for the establishment of an insurance-bank. He also called on the authorities to take more interest in the insurance sector, given its role in economic recovery. This call is launched […]
Government needs insurance not emergency fund – Adegbenro
Leave a comment and share Chuks Udo Okonta The government has been called upon to use insurance to mitigate risks as against making budgets for emergencies. The Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, ‘Fatai Adegbenro, said this today at the Annual Lecture of Actuarial and Insurance […]
The Role of Insurance in an Emerging Economy, Paper presented by By ‘Fatai Adegbenro, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers at the Annual Lecture of Actuarial and Insurance Students of the Lagos State Polytechnic
The Role of Insurance in an Emerging Economy, Paper presented by By ‘Fatai Adegbenro, Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers at the Annual Lecture of Actuarial and Insurance Students of the Lagos State Polytechnic on May26, 2016 OBSERVING PROTOCOLS CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCTION • Show me a Nation […]
Photos: Faces at the 2016 Annual Lecture of Actuarial and Insurance Students of LASPOTECH
Students at the event The Corporate Affairs Manager, NCRIB, Dele Ayeleso (Right) and students at the event. From left: Mrs Bunmi Oshinowo of Niger insurance Plc; Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Fatai Adegbenro and Sam Okwu of Niger Insurance Plc at the event.
IEI Ghana now Heritage Energy Insurance
Leave a comment and share Chuks Udo Okonta and agency report International Energy Insurance (IEI) Ghana, a Nigerian-owned insurance company, has rebranded and changed its name to Heritage Energy Insurance (HEI) in a move to capture and gain more market presence in Ghana. The change of the company’s name also […]
‘Green fields’ of insurance growth
By Mark Anderson Africa’s insurance markets are expanding more slowly than other emerging regions’, but major groups are looking to enter new markets, which could speed things along. African insurers are still waiting for rising incomes to transform their bottom lines. The growth of insurance premiums in sub-Saharan Africa slowed […]
