, the Group Chairman of Mutual Benefits Assurance Plc, Akin Ogunbiyi, speaks on some of the challenges hindering the growth of the insurance industry in Nigeriawould you assess the insurance industry, considering its low trust index compared to other sub-sectors of the financial sector?
Insurance has focused majorly on the corporate end. There hasn’t been any attempt whatsoever to penetrate the informal sector. This is because if insurance is to develop, it is the informal sector where every transaction that happens in Nigeria today is on a ratio of 1:9. That means it is one per cent for the formal sector and nine per cent for the informal sector. The informal sector players are not captured in statistics in any way.
The National Insurance Commission recently suspended the licences of some big players in the industry. Should we expect to see more of this?
This is true, however it's a growing industry, i believe it'll continue to evolve and be better.