Ebere Nwoji
Issues bothering on enabling roles of
insurance sector in achieving financial inclusion in the country will
form the main thrust of the 2018 National Insurance Conference to be
organised by the Insurance Industry Consultative Council(IICC).
The conference scheduled for July 8 to 10 in Abuja, has the theme: “Insurance Industry and financial inclusion.”
According to the chairman, organising
committee of the conference, Femi Hassan, this year’s edition, was being
organised to further underscore the commitment of the insurance
industry to continually upscale the knowledge of insurance operators,
other professionals in the financial services sector as well as other
stakeholders, about contemporary dynamics in the economic development of
the country.
He said the conference, would also
highlight the enabling roles of the insurance industry in achieving
financial inclusion and by so doing, accelerate its contributions to
Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product.
“The fact that access to financial
services is concentrated in urban areas has limited the people from the
rural areas from contributing maximally to growth and development of the
nation’s economy.
“It is therefore instructive to state
that the theme of this year’s conference: Insurance Industry and
Financial Inclusion is quite apt, in view of the policy direction of
government towards including all segments of the society within the
financial safety net”, he stated.
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