Tuesday 21 October 2014

NAICOM eyes new distribution channels


Daniel
  • Fine-tunes regulatory policies
Chuks Udo Okonta

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) is presently fine-tuning its regulatory policies to accommodation new distribution channels of insurance products, the Commissioner for Insurance Fola Daniel, has said.

Deputy Director Inspectorate National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) Emmanuel Farinu, who spoke on behalf of Daniel, at the launch of an Insurance online platform - AutoGenius, said the fine-tuning process will soon be concluded thereby paving ways for introduction of more robust distribution channels.

“We are pleased to note that NAICOM has begun the process of fine-tuning some of its regulatory policy frameworks, aimed among others to increase insurance penetration through principle based supervision, that when completed, will open up more distribution channels and other intermediation services for the purpose of insurance market growth,” he said.

He called on operators to brace-up and embrace partnerships that will engender developments of new valued added products.

It would be recalled that new channels have been introduced in recent times, especially the sales and marketing of products through telecommunications companies.

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