L-r: Olorundare Sunday Thomas, Commissioner for Insurance/CEO, National Insurance Commission; Ganiyu Musa, Chairman, Nigerian Insurers Association, and Eddie Efekoha, Group Managing Director/CEO, Consolidated Hallmark Insurance Plc, during the Nigeria Insurers’ Committee meeting in Lagos on Thursday.

By Ngozi Onyeakusi—The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) said it was expecting total compliance from operators in  uploading of their data on the commission’s portal.

L-r: Olorundare Sunday Thomas, Commissioner for Insurance; Larry Ademeso, Managing Director/CEO, Custodian Life Assurance Ltd, and Edeki Isujeh, Managing director/CEO, Custodian & Allied Insurance, during the Nigeria Insurers’ Committee meeting in Lagos

The Commissioner for Insurance, Mr Sunday Thomas who made this  known while admonishing operators at the Insurers Committee meeting in Lagos acknowledged that a lot of improvements have been recorded with the portal even as  commended firms that have embraced the portal, as well as  implored those yet to fully comply with the directive to do so.

L-r: Yetunde Ilori, Director General/CEO, NIA; Folashade Joseph, Managing Direct/​CEO, Nigerian Agricultural Insurance Corporation, and Ganiyu Musa, Chairman, Nigerian Insurers Association, during the Nigeria Insurers’ Committee meeting in Lagos.

He assured that by the end of April the commission will state its position on firms  not fully complying with the directive to send their documents via the portal.

Briefing the media after the meeting, the Chairman, Sub-Committee on Publicity and Communications, Insurers Committee,  Mrs Ebelechukwu Nwachukwu,  noted that the committee discussed and agreed on several initiatives that would help propel Insurance sector forward.

R-l: Ebelechukwu Nwachukwu, Managing Director/CEO, NSIA Insurance Company Ltd; Salami Razaaq, Head Corporate Communications and Market Development, NAICOM; Ademola Abidogun, ‎Managing Director/CEO, ‎Guinea Insurance Plc, and Samuel Ogbodu, Managing Director/CEO, SUNU Assurances Nigeria Plc, during a media briefing after the Nigeria Insurers’ Committee meeting in Lagos on Thursday.

Nwachukwu who is also the Managing Director, NSIA Insurance Limited, said assured the Committees resolve to partner with the media to ensure success of its programmes.