Business Day (Nigeria)

AXA Mansard focuses on mental health at human capital developmen­t webinar

- IFEOMA OKEKE

AX AM ans a rd Insurance PLC, a member of the AXA Group and global leader in insurance and asset management, recently took its commitment to brokers to a new level by hosting a webinar themed ‘Transforma­tional leadership in the Evolving Business Environmen­t.’

The focus was on salient topics like transforma­tional leadership, emotional intelligen­ce, mental health awareness and its impact in the industry currently.

Speaking at the webinar, Akinlolu Akinyele, head of Energy and Emerging Corporates, explained that the event was geared towards improving collaborat­ion with partners in the broking community and thus creating an avenue for the deepening of technical excellence and overall growth of the industry.

Speaking on mental wellness at the webinar, Edeigbini Omokhudu, head Preventive­s and Wellness unit, AXA Mansard Health, said: “It is a state of being that appreciate­s his or her own abilities and can cope with the normal stresses of life; thus, making him or her productive to themselves and to the society.” He also explained that with every state in life, there can also be a state of disequilib­rium or imbalance. This, according to him, is referred to as Mental Illness.

Victor Tamunokuro Briggs, principal consultant and CEO, VTB Consulting Limited, also spoke at the event.

AXA Mansard is registered as a composite company with the National

Insurance Commission of Nigeria (NAICOM).

The company offers life and non-life insurance products and services to individual­s and institutio­ns across Nigeria whilst also offering asset/investment management services, health insurance solutions and pension fund administra­tion through its three subsidiari­es - AXA Mansard Investment­s Limited, AXA Mansard Health Limited and AXA Mansard Pensions Limited respective­ly.

The parent company was listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange in november 2009.

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