Author: Prince Cookey
Prince Cookey is an experienced publisher and CEO, and currently is editor of Business Journal. He has previously worked at The Examiner, The Post Express newspapers, Policy magazine and the Financial Standard newspaper.
Good governance key to deepening insurance penetration, suggests Nigerian regulator
Entrenching good corporate governance is going to be crucial if insurers operating in Nigeria are to solve customers’ pain points and lift penetration [...]
Nigerian regulator outlines role of insurance in driving aviation business in ESG era
Insurers have a chance to drive up the uptake of aviation business as the sector embraces advancements such as electric and hybrid aircrafts in the ra [...]
Nigerian insurers assess claims as hunger protests persist
The ongoing protest against hunger in Nigeria has set off alarm bells in the insurance sector in terms of claims payment as loss of lives and destruct [...]
Addressing poverty and unemployment key to lifting insurance uptake in Nigeria
Insurers in Nigeria are being asked to collaborate with government and other stakeholders in the financial sector in lifting people out of poverty and [...]
NAICOM stresses importance of actuaries, AI in industry growth
Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) says the insurance sector will experience sustainable growth through adoption of artificial intellige [...]
Nigeria’s free insurance initiative targets deeper penetration
A novel initiative in Nigeria through which vulnerable groups, including students in tertiary institutions, are given free insurance is deepening and [...]
Insurers draw policy roadmap for new Nigeria insurance boss
Underwriters and other stakeholders in Nigeria’s insurance sector have outlined suggestions for the new chief of National Insurance Commission (NAICOM [...]
Seminar highlights place of AI in revolutionising insurance
The coming of artificial intelligence (AI) has undoubtedly revolutionised every business sector, including the insurance industry worldwide.
For Af [...]
Nigeria insurance sector gross premiums hit N1trn for the first time
Nigeria’s insurance sector gross written premiums (GWP) have hit the N1trn (US$766.7m) mark for the first time ever, driven by the oil and gas deals i [...]
Headache for Nigeria insurers as inflation, revised premiums cut number of insured vehicles
The persistently high level of inflation ravaging the Nigerian economy and the tripled premiums for third-party covers has cut the number of insured v [...]