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| Ibrahim Hassan |
Chuks
Udo Okonta
The Deputy
Commissioner (Technical) National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) Ibrahim Hassan,
died yesterday in Abuja, Inspen has learnt.
Information
from the commission stated that he died after a brief illness. Before his
death, Hassan was instrumental to the various reforms that had been experienced
in the commission.
According
to his profile obtained from NAICOM, he had vast experience in legal and
underwriting issues spanning over 28 years. A highly experienced and versatile
technocrat, he had, at different times, held other top management positions in
different organisations.
He
joined the Nigeria National Shipping Line Ltd (NNSL) in 1988 as an Assistant
Company Secretary/Legal Adviser and rose to become the General Manager,
Legal/Secretarial in 1995.
In
1995, he joined NICON Insurance Plc. as an Assistant General Manager (Marine)
and by 1996; he became the AGM in charge of Marine and Aviation. He was
seconded to Inland Containers Ltd in 1997 as the Sole Administrator. By March
1998, he returned to NICON and was promoted Deputy General Manager (Special
Risks).
Ibrahim
Hassan was first appointed Deputy Commissioner (Technical) of NAICOM by the
Federal Government in October 1999. But his stay in NAICOM lasted barely a year
when he returned to NICON in 2000 and was appointed Executive Director (Special
Risks) covering Marine, Aviation, Oil and Gas. He rose to become the acting
Managing Director of the corporation for three months in 2004.
In
March 2004, Hassan was appointed Managing Director and Chief Executive of the
Federal Housing Authority (FHA) in acting capacity. He was confirmed the
substantive MD/CEO in October of the same year. He disengaged from FHA in March
2007.
Hassan
was a Lawyer and an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London
(ACII). He was an Alumnus of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and the CII College
of Insurance, Kent-Sevenoaks, United Kingdom.
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