CIIN holds miss insurance dance

 

Chuks Udo Okonta

Insurance practitioners are warming up for another opportunity to select the Industry Queen, Inspen has learnt.

A statement by Director/Head Corporate Affairs Joseph Obah, said the event known as Miss Insurance Dance, has continued to provide the platform for women empowerment in the Insurance sector through social engineering.
He noted that the contestants, who are usually young single ladies, are emboldened by the courage to participate in the pageant while also developing the spirit of sportsmanship and tolerance engendered by the keen contest.
He said this year's edition of the Dance will take place at the K & G Events Centre along Kudirat Abiola Way, Oregun in Lagos, on Friday March 15. With the star prize of a Kia Picanto car and the glamour of a one year reign, he said the contest has in the last four years attracted higher quality contestants.
The out-going Queen, Miss Onyeka Adigwe who is an employee of Goldlink Insurance Plc, said it had been a rewarding experience and an opportunity to flag the industry banner as its ambassador for a period of one year. Miss Adigwe said the experience had made her bolder and more matured, stating that it had brought out the best in her in terms of skill and talent. Adigwe’s pet project, anchored on Youth Empowerment and Insurance Awareness among secondary school students, had also pulled her out of her former comfort zone and made her a motivational speaker.
Obah said the 2013 edition of the pageant promises a lot of excitement, especially with the innovative ideas injected into it by the organizers. He noted that there would be red-carpet reception for dignitaries and well dressed attendees, music from a new wave Disc Jockey and other side attractions.
He said the Star Prize is a Kia Picanto Car and has been sponsored by Unity Kapital assurance Plc while prizes for the First Runner-up and Second runner-up have been sponsored by Standard Alliance Life and African Alliance Insurance Plc, respectively.
Obah noted that no fewer than 12 beautiful ladies have so far enlisted in the contest, all of them with high hopes.
"Like many other pageants, the Miss Insurance Dance considers both beauty and brains in throwing up the eventual winner.
"However, unlike most modern pageants, the Dance does not accommodate skimpy dressing. Contestants usually have four appearances; in their office wear, the sportswear, the traditional dress and the evening wear, respectively. Music and dance constitute a major attraction during the event and this year’s edition is no exception as the renowned DJ Humility will be on hand," he said.
Chairman of the Institute’s Activities Committee, Sakiru Oyefeso who is also the Managing Director of STACO Insurance Plc, said the Miss Insurance Dance has never witnessed any violence or protests. He gave the credit for this uniqueness to the background of insurance men and women as honourable people.
He noted that the Activities Committee of the Institute was always painstaking in providing adequate security and the choice of its Judges. Oyefeso challenged other pageant organisers to borrow a leaf from the CIIN.
CIIN’s Director-General Adegboyega Adepegba, said the Institute’s secretariat team was committed to ensuring a hitch-free event.
Adepegba said all had been put in place to make the Dance a memorable one.