The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) has planned its 2020 National Insurance Brokers Conference and Exhibition on how to rebuild devastated structures and institutions, following covid-19 pardamic and it’s after effect.
The conference is bring in insurance and broking experts from across the globe and would be preceded by the Annual General Meeting of the council in line with adherence to government directives on social distancing which be a combination of both physical and virtual meeting.
President of the Council, Dr. (Mrs.) Bola Onigbogi who addressed journalists in Lagos said the NCRIB is ready for the next level in the brokerage business.
She said, “The acceptance of White to deliver the theme paper gives international colouration to the conference as delegates would be benefiting from BIBA’s experience, particularly, its systematic way of building institutions.”
Onigbogi added that the choice of White who was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of BIBA in 2013 was based on his pedigree and achievement as the CEO of the largest Insurance Broking regulatory body in the world.
According to her, “it is expected that after the conference, delegates are to be stimulated to get involved in systematic rebuilding of institutions that might have been destroyed by the advent of COVID-19”.
The NCRIB President also noted that the choice of ‘Dissecting CAMA 2020’ as the sub-theme for the conference was based on the need for the council’s members and delegates to understand the nitty-gritty of the new law promulgated by the Federal Government to regulate the business environment.
“The approval of the new CAMA 2020 demonstrates the government’s commitment to improving the ease of doing business in Nigeria. I believe that the various reforms of the new act will simplify regulatory processes, improve the operating business environment and re-energize the private sector which is the growth engine of Nigeria.”
