By Patience Gbeze, GNA
Accra, Sept. 21, GNA – The Quality Insurance
Company Limited (QIC) has launched an enhanced comprehensive motor insurance product
dubbed “Go Girl” Policy exclusively for women in the society.
The “Go girl” Policy offers unique benefits
including a free courtesy car, facilitation of drivers’ license renewal at DVLA
prestige centres, and one free vehicle servicing per year for policy holders at
Total service stations.
Mr Kobena Addison, the Managing Director of
QIC, speaking at the launch, said the product is expected to offer women an
amazing experience during their policy period.
He said one unique feature of the “Go Girl”
policy is that a percentage of every premium they take would be donated to the
pediatric Unit of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital to support their
infrastructural needs.
He said: “QIC’s extensive network of offices
and motor mechanic shops are key to its success in delivering reliable
comprehensive motor insurance products”.
“We believe that these benefits would help
empower women as well as provide them with some comfort.”
Mr Addison said over the past 25 years, QIC
has been committed to exceptional delivery of retail insurance in Ghana and the
“Go Girl” policy is the latest addition to QIC’s innovative product range;
which includes the Kingly Queenly product.
Ms Cynthia Mamle Morrison, the Minister for
Gender and Social Protection, in a speech read on her behalf, said the benefits
of “Go Girl” policy in the long run would reduce the financial burden on women
when it comes to the use of vehicles.
She pledged the Ministry’s preparedness to
continue to advocate the need for women to be given the space and opportunity
to soar to greater heights.
“We applaud Quality Assurance Company of
this special initiative designed for our women and also encourage our women to
patronise the “Go Girl” insurance policy to access all the benefits.”
Ms Aretha Duku, President of the Ghana
Insurance Association (GIA), said the bedrock of every economy is insurance,
however, the National Insurance Commission’s (NIC)report for 2018 states that
insurance penetration has dropped from 1.1 per cent in the previous year to one
per cent in 2018 and attributed the drop to lack of innovation.
She said the “Go Girl” policy has all the
hallmarks that a woman of today needs and commended the management of QIC for
their innovation and the decision to donate part of the proceeds to the
Pediatric Unit.
Mr Moses Ackah Jayne, Head of Human
Resource, NIC, said as part of measures to deal with the problem of fake motor
insurance certificates, the NIC would roll out a central database system where
all policies issued by insurance companies would reflect to ensure easy
verification.
He said the system would also enable
customers to confirm the authenticity of the insurance policies they purchased.
Mr Jayne said QIC recognizes that the best
advantage of insurance is prompt payment and innovation and that recognition is
the driving force behind the company’s success story.
He urged other insurance companies to
respect prompt payment policy as well as emulate the noble gesture from QIC to
give back to society as part of their corporate social responsibilities towards
the communities where they operate.
Mrs Obuabia Darko-Opoku, the former Deputy
Chief Executive Officer of Free Zone Authority and a Broadcaster, is the “Go
Girl” Policy Brand Ambassador.
She pledged her support to work with QIC to
create a platform for all “Go Girl” policy holders to address varieties of
issues affecting women and the family at large.
She said: “I identify myself with the frustrations
women go through when their vehicle break down and that is why when QIC
approached me to be the Ambassador for the product, I accepted the challenge to
make life more comfortable to our women”.
GNA
