By Sola Alabadan
The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB) will soon introduce Professional Seal of Practice to be used by all Registered Insurance Brokers, as we have in similar professions such as Law, Auditing, Architecture, etc.
President of NCRIB, Rotimi Edu, disclosed this while addressing journalists in Lagos, said the initiative is part of efforts to get rid of charlatans masquerading as brokers.
He explained that the seals would be affixed to all stationaries and printed materials of insurance brokers as a distinctive emblem of professional service and excellence and making brokers’ documents admissible as evidence in the Courts of Law.
Edu stated that the initiative has been overwhelmingly received and is being supported by the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM).
The NCRIB boss lamented that “the image of the Insurance Broker is still being smeared by some members who are not Brokers by training and certification, but masquerade as one. Our Council is not folding its arms to watch this charlatans who flagrantly disobey the law mandating them to be registered with the NCRIB before licensing by NAICOM to practice.
“Good enough, we have been able to excise more commitment from the Commission under the indefatigable Commissioner for Insurance, Mr. Sunday Thomas to support this purging. More than ever before, the Commission has been quite complimentary to our course and we are most delighted for this.”
He added that the cooperation received from NAICOM in the reconciliation of list of Insurance Brokers Registered with NCRIB and those licensed by NAICOM but not yet on NCRIB Register, has been quite progressive.
“With this renewed commitment, there would no longer be a hiding place for unethical players,”he stressed.
On the efforts to further deepen insurance penetration in the country. he said the NCRIB is already creating avenues through strategic engagements with notable governmental and non-governmental institutions to deepen the industry in the country,assuring that “we would continue to support the Commission and other arms of the industry to achieve this purpose.”
“In doing this, our Council is not averse to any initiative to drive awareness through technology, just as we would continue to advise our members to embrace shared services schemes in order to present a cohesive and formidable front for the overall benefit of the industry and our economy” he pointed out.
