The Executive Committee of the African Insurance Organisation has finally announced that the 47th Conference and Annual General Assembly of the organisation will now hold in Lagos, Nigeria from the September 4 – 8, 2021.
This is according to a statement signed by Moki Charles Linonge, AIO’s Head of Communication and General Affairs.
Recalled that the AIO conference was initially scheduled to take place from May 31 to June 3, but the AIO postponed the event until October after taking into consideration the measures and travel advisories imposed by governments around the world including Africa, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The executive committee of AIO cancelled the conference and rescheduled it for October 2020, following an extraordinary meeting to discuss the current situation with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The decision was supported by the local organising committee which is the Nigerian Insurers Association.
Delegates who had already registered were given the options to either reqw to be reimbursed or have their bookings carried forward to 2021.
In a similar vein, the 2020 African Reinsurance Forum was moved forward to 2021 and will be held in Kigali, Rwanda.
The African Reinsurance Forum initially planned to take palce in Lome, Togo in 2021 will eventually be held in 2022, in the same city.
