The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers has implored the various online media to utilise their platforms to enhance awareness of insurance in Nigeria through effective reportage of the industry.
The President, NCRIB, Mrs. Laide Osijo, gave the advice during the presentation of the 2012 Insurance Person of the Year Award to her by Inspenonline Media in Lagos.
Osijo said the extensiveness of the Internet platform used by online media had positioned them to reach out to greater segments of the population, an advantage they could utilise to promote insurance growth, especially in Nigeria.
She dedicated the award to the entire registered insurance brokers in the country for their support, dedication to ethics and professionalism.
Osijo said, “I reckon that this award could not have been attained through my effort alone.
“The NCRIB has been the platform for expression of my burning desire for professionalism and leadership gift, while the members are my motivators.’’
The NCRIB president listed the achievements recorded in the past one year to include effective training and exposure of members to the changing dynamics of the insurance broking practice; promotion of institutional relationship with reputable bodies, including the National Insurance Commission; as well as entrenched sound ethical standards for insurance broking practice.
Making the presentation on behalf of Inspenonline, Mr. Chuks Okonta, said the sole objective of the award was to reward icons in the insurance and pension business and use the medium to extend the frontiers of insurance awareness and practice in Nigeria.
Okonta said Osijo emerged tops out of the many insurance operators considered, based on her imprint on the insurance industry, particularly her phenomenal feats as president of NCRIB in the last one year.