Efforts to increase insurance penetration of insurance in Nigeria are becoming feasible, as notable Information Technology and Communication companies are committed to driving growth in the industry.

They include Google, MTN, Airtel and MainOne, which want to leverage ICT tools to promote activities in the sector.

To achieve the laudable goal, the telcos also plan to have an E-Insurance Conference with the theme: “Driving Insurance Penetration with Information and Communication Technologies, comes ‪‪March 23, 2017‬‬ to take place in Lagos.

According to the  organisers of the Conference, Pinet Informatics, noted that speakers from Google, MTN, MainOne, Airtel, VDT with leading key experts from both Insurance and ICT industries will brainstorm on how to use technology to drive the Insurance penetration in the Nigeria.

The Managing Director of MTN Nigeria Communication Limited, Ferdi Moolman will be speaking on “The Imperatives of Adequate Internet Connectivity in a Modern Insurance Sector” alongside the managing Director of VDT communications, Biodun Omoniyi, while the Country Manager, Google Nigeria, Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor will speak on the “Expectations of Insurance Consumers in the Information Age”

Managing Director of MainOne, Funke Opeke will be speaking on “The Importance of Local data Hosting and Use of Nigeria Top Level Domain Names in the Insurance Industry”, the Managing Director, VODACOM Nigeria, Lanre Kolade, will speak on the same subject.

Managing Director of Pinet Informatics, Engineer Lanre Ajayi, disclosed that from the Insurance industry, President, Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), Lady Isioma Chukwuma will be chairing a panel discussion on “Ensuring curriculum compliance with modern trends in Technology.”

Notable experts on the panel are the Director General, Nigeria Insurers Association (NIA), Sunday Thomas, Former Chairman, Education Committee of the CIIN and former President of CIIN, Bola Temowo, Director-General CIIN, Richard Olutayo Borokini and Prof Ade Ibiwoye, Head of Department, Actuarial Science and Insurance, UNILAG.

Ajayi added that Managing Directors of Insurance companies, which include: Segun Omosehin of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc., Oye Hassan Odukale, Leadway Assurance Company Limited,Adeyinka Adekoya, WAPIC Insurance and Kola Adedeji, Niger Insurance Limited will speak on a panel chaired by the Chairman of Nigeria Insurers Association, Eddie Efekoha with a sub-theme “Driving Insurance Underwriting Processes with ICT”.

He revealed that keynote address during the one day event, will be delivered by Executive Vice Chairman, Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta, Director General, National InformationTechnology Development Agency (NITDA), Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami,Commissioner for Insurance, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Mohammad Kari and the Minister of Communications, Barrister Adebayo Shittu.