Kindly leave a comment and share
Chuks Udo Okonta
The United Kingdom Chapter of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) will be officially launched as soon as all necessary documents are executed, Inspenonline can report.
The President/Chairman of Council, CIIN Mrs. Yetunde Ilori, disclosed this when she met with the members of the Insurance Institute in the United Kingdom for collaborative support of the members.
The President in her bid to ensure that all members, irrespective of the location are actively engaged in the affairs of the Institute engaged members in diaspora on all issues that are pressing to both the members and the Institute in general.
Mrs. Ilori welcomed the participants to the virtual meeting, noting that it was the first of its kind since her investiture as the 52nd President of the foremost Insurance Institute, with emphasis on relevance for the members at all times in the Institute.
She appreciated the members for their support during her investiture ceremony, she noted that she is committed to making members in the diaspora relevant in the insurance industry in their motherland, she shared how the Institute brought a member in the diaspora to facilitate a session at the Year 2024 CIIN Insurance Professionals’ Forum in Abeokuta, this and many more Ilori promised to do for members in the diaspora.
The Institute Registrar, Mrs. Abimbola Tiamiyu added that members in diaspora are a major factor to the Institute as their interest is of concern to the Institute and that the Institute is committed to its primary assignment of satisfying the interests of its members, whether home or abroad.
Ilori’s EPIC agenda was not left out in the discourse as the President emphasised the importance of insurance in an economy. The 52nd President’s administration themed “Igniting the bedrock of our envisioned industry” is expected to be actualised under the agenda summarised in a four-letter acronym EPIC: Education, Professionalism, Institutional Recognition and Capacity Building.
The CIIN President also mentioned the recently launched E-learning Community of the Institute on Roducate Platform on IOS and Android smartphones, she encouraged members in the diaspora to embrace this platform for learning, she added that the Institute’s Monthly E-Newsletter and Annual Journal capture current happenings within the Nigerian Insurance Industry.
Olugbenga Fijimi, a UK-based member of the Institute appreciated the President and the Registrar for considering members in diaspora a fraction of the member-based Institute.
He shared his experience with the Institute staff in the Year 2013 and his recent experience with the Secretariat staff in the Year 2023 stating the clear difference from where the Institute used to be, where it is and the better tomorrow of the Institute.
“I want to thank you for creating this opportunity to understand what is happening in our reputable Institution, it’s a thing of joy. I’ve seen lots of improvements in the activities of the Institute in the last two to three years” he said.
Mobolaji Davies also shared his experience in the UK and how insurers are been treated outside of their home country regardless of their level of experience.
Davies hopes to collaborate with the Nigerian Insurance Industry with his UK experience, he requested a platform to foster this.
“A suggestion platform where probably some of us that are already working in the insurance space here in the United Kingdom can share some things that we see on the job which could improve the Nigerian Industry,” he said.
Some of the members volunteered to be more actively involved in the affairs of the Institute by showing interest in being members of the various Committees of Council and they also appealed for better collaborations between the CII London and CIIN.
The Registrar assured them that their requests would be addressed accordingly.
The President, in her concluding remarks, informed the UK-based members of her mission to move the CIIN Secretariat to its new site in Victoria Island, she noted that workers will resume at the site soonest, she solicited financial support from members, so the Institute will have a more befitting edifice.
The meeting came to an end with the Registrar, on behalf of the President/Chairman of Council, appreciating all the attendees.
