INSPENONLINE: NCRIB admits Tinubu, Mimiko, others as fellows

Friday 23 November 2012

NCRIB admits Tinubu, Mimiko, others as fellows

NCRIB admits Tinubu, Mimiko, others as fellows

Chuks Udo OKkonta

The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers has swelled its list of Fellows with the admission of some notable Nigerians into its membership.

Those who were admitted into the prestigious Society of Fellows of the Council are Senator Oluremi Tinubu, representing the Lagos Senatorial District; Governors of Ondo and Osun States, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola and Dr Olusegun Mimiko, respectively, as well as the Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Fola Daniel.

Conferring the honourary Fellowships as part of activities to mark the 50th Anniversary of the Council, President of the NCRIB, Barrister Laide Osijo said the prestigious award was being conferred on the distinguished Nigerians based on their favourable disposition to the promotion of professionalism in Nigeria and their sterling support for the Council.

Osijo noted that with the newly inducted Fellows, the number of profesionals in that category had gone up to 48 and charged the new inductees to be good ambassadors of the insurance broking profession by upholding the ethics of the profession and excelling more brilliantly in their chosen avocations.

She said the recipients were considered for the award in consonance with provisions of section 11 (1) of the NCRIB Act which states interalia:"The Council may elect as an Honourary Fellow a person in ts opinion that has rendered exceptional service and contributions to the insurance broking profession".

Minister of State for Defence, Erelu Olusola Obada who was the Special Guest of Honour at the event commended the awardees for their contributions to the professions and national development; pointing out that the award would galvanise more Nigerians towards making more contributions to the Council and national development.

Responding on behalf of the awardees, Senator Oluremi Tinubu underscored the need for professional bodies to uphold sound ethics and continually make input into governance, bearing in mind that they were critical actors in the nation's polity.

In a similar vein, the Council also awarded distinguished awards on past Presidents; and founders of the Council, among them Dr Sunny Odogwu; Mr Talabi Braithwaite and Chief Akinwumi George.

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Lawal is Inspen 2014 insurance man of the year

The former President Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) Fatai Lawal has emerged the 2014 Inspenonline Insurance Man of the year.

Fatai who is the the Managing Director Sterling Assurance Nigeria Limited was named today, at the Nigerian Insurance and Pension Award organised by Inspenonline.

Chief Executive Officer Inspenonline Media, Chuks Udo Okonta, said Lawal was picked from the votes casted by the public and other considerations made by the award's panel of assessors.

He noted that the winner raised the bar at the the Institute and the industry by opting to serve a tenure which was eventful and impactful. He added that amongst the legacies left by the winner was the printing and donation of Insurance books to secondary and tertiary institutions aimed at deepening insurance awareness.

Okonta noted that the award, which started two years ago with the recognition of two distinguished individuals and an underwriting company, has now come to stay.

"This year, we decided to raise the bar by setting high standards to judge the operations of companies and impacts made by individuals in moving insurance and pension business forward.

"To achieve this, we gave the public the opportunity to select those to be celebrated by calling for votes. Having harmonised the votes which came from different parts of the country, we benchmarked the scores with the set standard to arrive at the winners we are celebrating today," he said.

Others winners are AIICO Insurance Plc, Insurance company of the year; FUG Pensions Limited, Pension Fund Administrator of the Year; YOA Insurance Brokers Limited and Glanvill Enthoven Insurance Brokers Limited, Insurance Broker of the year.

Professional Excellence Award went to Professor Joe Irukwu; Best Professional Group went to the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria and Association of Registered Insurance Agents of Nigeria; Corporate Brand went to Mansard Insurance Plc and Leadway Assurance Limited while Corporate Social Responsibility Award was won by Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc.

The organisers also recognised organisations that distinguished themselves, with Excellence Award. Organisations in this category include the National Pension Commission, Lagos State Pension Commission, Goldlink Insurance Plc and Pension Transition Administration Directorate.

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