Category: Insurance

  The Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Sunday Thomas, has charged operators in the insurance industry to deal with unethical business behaviour in the sector, with a view to repositioning the industry for post-COVID-19 era.   Thomas, the Chief Executive Officer, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), spoke at the 2020 Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) CEOs’ retreat, held virtually with the theme: ‘X-raying The Finance Act 2020’.   He said that as the insurance industry positions itself for Post COVID-19 era, the demands of the insuring public would require sound…

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Royal Exchange General Insurance Company (REGIC), on Tuesday, declared a Gross Written Premium (GWP) of N10.58 billion for the financial year ended Dec. 31, 2019.   The company’s Chairman, Alhaji Rabiu Gwarzo, made the declaration at the firm’s 12th Annual General Meeting held virtually in Lagos.   Gwarzo explained that the financial results showed a gross premium income of N10.86 billion while total net claims paid to policyholders stood at N1.11 billion.   The underwriting profit stood at N1.14 billion for the period under review.   “Total assets for the…

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  Nigeria’s foremost life insurer, African Alliance Insurance Plc, has been awarded the ISO 22401:2012 certificate for Business Continuity Management (BCM).   The certificate, which was awarded by the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB) signifies that African Alliance has met the requirements for BusinessContinuity Management (BCM).   ISO 22301:2012 is a globally recognized Business Continuity management standard developed and published by the International Standards Organization (ISO). This standard provides a model that organizations of all types and sizes can use in building an effective Business Continuity System.   ISO…

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  For the first time since it was established, the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) appears to have run into a legal hitch over lump sum payment to retirees. Sunday Ojeme reports     Having been created to take care of the defunct government funded pension scheme, the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) has turned out the best option in this regard with Nigerian workers registered under it seeing a brighter retirement future. With contributions now exceeding N10 trillion, each contributor readily knows how much he is entitled to as pension if he…

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The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) said that the Federal Government had paid the 2020 Group Life Insurance for all Federal Government workers in full. The Vice President of the Council, Mr. Tunde Oguntade, made the disclosure while speaking to members of the National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents (NAIPCO) shortly after their 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Lagos. Oguntade, who represented the NCRIB President, Dr (Mrs) Bola Onigbogi, at the occasion also called on Federal Government to engage the services of registered insurance brokers in…

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  The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) said plans were in top gear for its President, Dr. (Mrs) Bola Onigbogi, to visit President Muhammadu Buhari as part of sensitization programme to deepen insurance in the country. The Executive Secretary of the Council, Mr. Fatai Adegbenro, made the disclosure while speaking to members of the National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents (NAIPCO) shortly after their 2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday in Lagos. He said the planned visit to the Presidency was aimed at sensitizing the government on…

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