Osijo dedicates award to registered brokers

Chuks Udo Okonta The President Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) Mrs Laide Osijo, has dedicated her Insurance Man of the Year 2012 Award to all registered Insurance Brokers for their support and dedication to ethics and professionalism. Osijo, who disclosed this at the conferment of the award on her in Lagos, said with the award, she shall rededicate her energy, grace and resources towards contributing to the improvement of the insurance industry. She said: "I am most honoured to be the first recipient of the Inspenonline Insurance Man of the year award. The award is believed to be another recognition of my modest contributions to the insurance broking industry,and by extension the insurance industry, particularly since my ascension as the first female President of the NCRIB. "I like to dedicate this award to all registered insurance brokers for their support and dedication to ethics and professionalism. "It is a thing of delight to say in the last one year of my presidency, the storyline of our council has been re-written positively. We have raised the bar in terms of professionalism through effective training and exposure of our members to the changing dynamics of our trade, we have ensured better institutional relationship with reputable bodies, including the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), as well as entrenched sound ethical standards for our practice." She noted that the council has strived to leave behind a legacy of sound infrastructure, both in terms of human capital development of the secretariat, as well as erection of a monumental secretariat complex, christened "Insurance Brokers House" which is today a source of envy to many related institution. Editor Inspenonline Chuks Udo Okonta, said the Insurance Award, was designed to recognise and honour distinquished individuals and companies in the insurance and pension sectors. He noted that the objectives of the award is to reward icons in insurance and pension sectors and also use the channel to deepen public awareness on the operations of the sectors. He said Osijo, emerged top, out of many insurance operators considered for the award, adding that her choice was justified by the imprint she has etched on gold, within the short period she has been on the saddle of leadership of the largest insurance brokers fraternity in African. Okonta noted that she has distinguished herself and has used her wealth of experience to reposition insurance practice, which led to the conferment of the award on her.