By Sola Alabadan
The new president of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN), Edwin Igbiti intends to increase the level of insurance awareness in the country during his tenure, among other things.
He disclosed this in his acceptance speech during investiture as the 51st President of the institute in Lagos yesterday, assuring that the CIIN will be upscaling its quiz competition for Secondary Schools to national limelight, as a way to catch them young.
The CIIN will also continue to distribute Insurance Textbooks to Secondary Schools, while effectively coordinating the train-the-trainer programme for insurance secondary school teachers, as well as deepening Youth Empowerment and Mentorship Initiatives, he stated.
On infrastructural development said the CIIN will be renovating its building to acceptable standards and seek necessary approvals from Lagos State Government to resume its building project in in Victoria Island.
Meanwhile, the new CIIN boss is equally targeting the digital reinforcement of the Institute by completing the E-library project, as well as commence Ẹ-Examinations and also ensure active presence and use of aLL available social media platforms.
While acknowledging that efforts have been made by his predecessors to revamp the digital operations of the Institut, he added that “we need to continuously upgrade and innovate our processes to deliver excellent customer experiences and members’ satisfaction.
“My projection is that my tenure as President of the CIIN will facilitate the transformation of the CIIN Secretariat with the state-of-the-art facilities that would stimulate digital operations and processes, enhance excellent work culture which results in quality customer experiences in all our deliverables. Smart Technologies and digital solutions would be deployed to achieve this together with a viable business model.”
Speaking on the socio-economic situation in the country, Igbiti said the need to curb the menace of insecurity and other crimes require that insurance operators collaborate with all tiers of government with the aim of re-emphasising the essence of insurance as the infrastructural pillar for the growth and development of country.
