Operators hold summit in Lagos

IN an effort to drive efficiencies in insurance business and increase insurance and pension penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa, leaders in the financial services industry and bancassurance practitioners in the region will meet in Lagos in a special summit tagged 1st Sub-Saharan Africa Insurance, Pension and Bancassurance Summit, courtesy of West Africa Business School, a well known regional capacity building institution.

   The summit, the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa, will take place between February 24th – 26th, 2015 at the Protea Hotel Select, Alausa, Ikeja Lagos. The theme of the summit is ” Shaping the Future of Insurance, Pension, and Bancassurance in Sub-Saharan Africa”.  

  To facilitate the summit, expert speakers from within and outside the African continent have been sourced by the West Africa Business School. Aside from CEOs and Executive Directors of Banks, Insurance Companies, Pension Administrators, Reinsurers and Brokers, other participants expected at the summit include, Heads of Bancassurance, Business Strategy, Channel Management, Marketing, Product Development and Wealth Management. Others are Regional Heads of Consulting firms, Law firms, Financial Planning & Advisory firms, Heads of IT Companies and Service Providers to the financial services industry and Heads of Training Institutions in the financial services industry.

  Speaking on the regional summit, the Director of Executive Education & International Programmes in West Africa Business School, Professor Chijioke C. Ikokwu said the initiative seeks to provide information and useful insights on driving financial inclusion and increasing insurance and pension penetration in Sub-Saharan Africa through bancassurance and microinsurance.