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Focuses on new trends and strategies
for industry
Chuks
Udo Okonta
The
Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) has announced plans to hold its
2014 annual professionals’ forum, billed for Wednesday September 10 to Saturday
September 13 at Green Legacy Resort, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
A
statement by the institute’s Head of Corporate Communications, Joseph Obah,
said the event has remained the single most crucial gathering of professionally
qualified insurance practitioners in Nigeria, adding that since 1991 when the
forum became a reality, it has offered immense opportunities for robust
deliberations on issues pertinent to the growth and development of the insurance
industry, the profession and practice.
He
said the 2014 edition of the forum, will be anchored on a well-conceived theme;
“The Insurance Industry: New Trends, New Strategies”, stressing that the forum
theme aptly captures the post economy rebasing mood in the insurance business
environment in Nigeria in terms of new product trends and strategies of
harnessing the perceived opportunities.
He noted that an array of respected speakers has been invited to address the forum topics. These according to him include: Commissioner for Insurance Fola Daniel, who will give a keynote address; Managing Director Niger Insurance Plc Kola Adedeji, will speak on Investment and Investors’ Interest; Deputy Commissioner for Insurance National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) George Onakhena, Financial Reporting; Group Managing Director Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, Product Development, Market Expansion and Penetration; Managing Director Financial Institute Training Centre Dr. Lucy Newman, Nigerian Financial Inclusion Strategy, the Insurance Industry and Human Capital Alignment and Managing Director Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc Eddie Efekoha, Client Services.
CIIN
President, Bola Temowo said that the Nation’s Financial Inclusion Strategy may
top the agenda in view of the Human Capital realignment imperatives for driving
the financial inclusion products such as Micro Insurance and Takaful.
Temowo
stated that the products remain relatively unknown to the critical mass in the
grassroots, despite being the targets of the products. He argued that a whole
lot must be done in order to bring these products in the front burners of our
operations in order to deepen insurance penetration in the country.
He
said the prevailing trends and strategies provide food for thought and a reason
for serious deliberations by the managers of the nation’s insurance sector,
adding that highlights of the forum also include: Fitness & Aerobic
Sessions, Health Talk to focus on Healthy Eating Medical Check-up Family
Session & Socials.
Temowo
called on Insurance professionals to see the forum as a unique opportunity for
continuous professional education and their personal growth and development for
career progression.
He
said attendance at the forum should be instinctive for all well-meaning
professionals rather than compulsive, adding that the forum ought to have grown
to the 1,000 delegate mark after more than 22 years of coming into existence.
Director-General
of the CIIN, Kola Ahmed, expressed optimism that the forum would record an
all-time record attendance.
Green
Legacy Resort, Abeokuta, venue of the Professionals Forum, is fast becoming one
of the most patronised hospitality destinations in South-West Nigeria. With a
mixed grill of hill-top ambience, artificial lake and a bamboo grove amongst
other attractions, the resort has all it takes to host the convocation of
Insurance Professionals. As at the last count, over 300 participants had been registered.
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