LCCI to partner brokers for Insurance awareness

L-R: The Executive Secretary,  Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB), Mr Fatai Adegbenro; Deputy President (NCRIB), Mr Rotimi Edu, MNI; President (NCRIB), Mrs Bola Onigbogi; President, Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry,  (LCCI), Mrs Toki Mabogunje; Vice President, (NCRIB) Mr Tunde Oguntade  and Director General, LCCI, Mr Muda Yusuf during a courtesy visit of NCRIB team to LCCI office in Lagos.

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry has promised to collaborate with the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers NCRIB to accelerate advocacy for insurance awareness and acceptance by critical segments of the nation’s society.

The assurance was given by the President of the Chamber, Mrs. Mabogunje Toki, when a delegation of the Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) under its President, Dr. (Mrs) Bola Onigbogi, paid the Chamber a courtesy visit recently.

Mrs. Toki noted that insurance which plays catalytic roles in national economies of most nations is at the butt of Nigeria’s financial services sector, partly due to poor advocacy and strategies for growing the sector and promised that the LCCI would accelerate its interest in strengthening the industry’s public awareness initiatives.

Earlier, the President of the NCRIB, Dr. (Mrs) Bola Onigbogi, applauded the roles of the LCCI in being the vocal voice for the nation’s economy and solicited the support of the Chamber in the new direction of the Council towards strategic engagement and image management under the new leadership of the council.

Onigbogi opined that insurance brokers who are the professional intermediaries in the insurance value chain could always be engaged by the Chamber to strengthen the businesses of its member companies, especially in the area of risk management and insurance.

The NCRIB President disclosed that under the present leadership of the Council the NCRIB has increased its advocacy, particularly on the review of the laws on public procurement and health insurance which are undergoing review by the national assembly.

Mrs. Onigbogi implored LCCI to provide insurance covers for the yearly trade fairs organized by the Chamber and the procurement of health and travel insurance for enhancement of the image of the Chamber and protection of the delegates.