Business Day (Nigeria)

Stanbic IBTC Insurance Brokers offers to help individual­s, businesses, boost resilience in Covid-19 pandemic

- MODESTUS ANAESORONY­E

Management of Stanbic IBTC Insurance Brokers, member of the over 156-yearold Standard Bank Group to which Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc belongs said it will seek for opportunit­ies to boost resilience of individual­s, businesses, and government during this period of Covid-19 pandemic.

Anselem Igbo, chief executive, Stanbic IBTC Insurance Brokers Limited made the disclosure during the Company’s virtual media interactio­n as part of activities to mark this year’s ‘World Insurance Awareness Day’, which holds every 28th of June each year.

Igbo joined by other management staff, said the Company’s solutions serve individual­s and corporate entities, as well as existing customers and non-customers of the Stanbic IBTC Group.

“As insurance profession­als with a vast knowledge of the workings of the insurance market, we can arrange the most suitable policies for our individual and corporate clients.”

According to him, there are various personalis­ed insurance products and services which serve all classes of the society from individual­s to groups, associatio­ns and large corporates.

“As Nigeria’s leading insurance brokerage company, Stanbic IBTC Insurance Brokers offers life, hope and support particular­ly in the wake of the current global pandemic.”

While promising that the Company will remain keen on providing seamless solutions that suit diverse needs, Igbo urges Nigerians to take a step in the right direction by investing in insurance coverage to protect their assets and valuables.

“With much excitement, I can tell you that our anticipate­d plans to improve our clients’ experience are gradually coming to fruition, and you will be seeing some of these in the public space very soon, the CE said.

Igbo further noted that insurance penetratio­n in the country is at an all-time low and this isn’t favourable for the wellbeing of individual­s, businesses and the economy in general.

“The insurance business is a unique one which enables clients effectivel­y manage their risks, and such risks may include theft, accident, robbery, injury, man-made and natural disasters, and even death.”

Ibiyemi Mezu, head, Business Developmen­t Division responding to questions from the participan­ts said as a brokers, its role is to represent clients in arranging quality coverage and affordable cost, as well as ensure that claims are paid without hassles.

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