By Sola Alabadan
The Board and Management of Great Nigeria Insurance Plc has denied the rumour making the rounds that the insurance outfit has sold its annuity business portfolio to another insurance company.
Reacting to the publication by a media outfit that the Annuity businesses of GNI Plc and Tangerine Africa have been acquired by a particular Insurance Company, GNI said the information contained in the publication is far from the truth
The company said “This development is a crude attempt by an unscrupulous competitor to demarket our brand and shrink our share of the Annuity Insurance market.
“In the last five (5) years, our Annuity Insurance portfolio has grown steadily by over 14,845% and our Annuitants have been enjoying value added services.
In view of the foregoing there is no basis for transferring our Annuity business to another company in the industry. We want to state emphatically that GNI Plc has not and does not intend to sell-off its Annuity business Portfolio, neither does it intend to partner with any Insurance company or companies in the Annuity insurance market.
“This release therefore serves as a categorical disclaimer that our Company is not in any kind of partnership or merger discussion with any Insurance company regarding our Annuity Insurance Portfolio.”
GNI therefore informed insurance intermediaries and the company’s clients to disregard any information regarding the transfer or acquisition of GNI’s Annuity Insurance Portfolio.
The organisation added that it is poised to continue in its well known tradition of delivering qualitative insurance services to its esteemed customers.
