Tuesday 10 February 2015

IGI hosts NCRIB Members’ evening

Press Release


In a bid to extend the frontiers of its operation and break new grounds in its relationship with Insurance Brokers, Industrial and General Insurance Plc will be playing host to NCRIB Members in February edition of NCRIB Members’ Evening, holding at the Council’s Secretariat 58, Moleye Street,AlagomejiYabaLagos on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Time 3.00pm

The hosting of Insurance Brokers under the aegis of the NCRIB by IGI Plc would be quite symbolic, given the fact that it would be the first edition of the Council’s Members evening in 2015 and will be playing host to over 500 brokers within Lagos and its environ.

The event would be a win-win event for both IGI Plc and Insurance Brokers as it would facilitate harmonious relationship between both parties. It is a known fact that insurance brokers constitute a crucial chain in the insurance industry in Nigeria given the enormous clientele controlled by them.
The IGI team would be led to the event by its Managing Director, Mr. Rotimi Fasholaa Chartered Insurer of over two decades and consummate insurance practitioner who is expected to intimate Brokers with the new policy direction of the company, among other issues.

IGI Insurance Plc, without any doubt, is one of the leading insurance companies in Nigeria and the largest underwriter in West Africa. Insurance remains the flagship of the IGI Group, which has shareholders' funds in excess of N31 billion and assets base in excess of N45 billion, with subsidiaries and strategic investments in other diverse sectors, notably: Real Estate, Banking, Telecommunications, Mining, Construction, Waste Management and Engineering.

IGI has been described by investors and its customers as a dependable ally with all its widest range of tailor-made Life and Non-Life Insurance protection: Motor, Oil and Gas, Marine and Aviation, Pensions, Life Assurance and Financial Advisory Services... and much more.
Industrial And General Insurance Company Plc (IGI) was incorporated as a limited liability company on 31st October, 1991 and commenced operation in January 1992, bringing with it a fresh breath of dynamism and innovation into the Nigerian insurance industry.
IGI Plc operates in 45 branches spread across Nigeria and has subsidiaries in other African countries, notably Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana and the Gambia, with representative offices in London and Washington, DC.
The Company has established a reputation for excellent delivery of insurance products and services, especially in special risks, such as oil & energy, engineering, aviation, and industrial risk management.
 The company is licensed to underwrite all classes of insurance, among them fire, special perils, consequential loss, marine, motor and special risks, among others.
The IGI Insurance Plc team will be received by the President of the NCRIB, Mr. Ayodapo Shoderu on behalf of the Governing Board of the Council.  And it is hoped that the event will be utilized to appraise Brokers with the new direction of the company, especially after the demise of its managing director/founder, Mr. Remi Olowude.
As part of the Council’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), students drawn from two government secondary schools namely, Wesley Girls Secondary School and Lagos City College will also be in attendance.

Signed.
‘Dele Ayeleso
Manager, Public Relations and Communication.

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