Firm revs up retail services to drive insurance penetration

FBN General Insurance Limited has revealed plans to take the nation’s insurance sector to a greater height with the unveiling of retail products to harness untapped opportunities in the industry.

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Bode Opadokun, at a press briefing, in Lagos, said the new products include Auto Flexi Insurance, Flexi Home Insurance and Flexi Guard Insurance.

Opadokun explained that Auto Flexi is designed to meet customers’ specific needs, stressing that it came out of customers requests.

“We have seen several instances where some of our customers both existing even prospective having issue of pricing. Pricing in terms of affordability and ability to pay the premium that is applicable based on the value of some of the vehicles,” he said. He noted that the products was designed to cover the insured against specific, pre-agreed losses; legal liability to pay compensation to a third party in the event of an accident that cause property damage or bodily injury to the third party. Opadokun posited that the policy also covers the insured in the event of damages due to an accident and fire damage up to the agreed value insured.

The policy, according to him is divided into three variants of Flexi Gold, Flexi Silver and Flexi Bronze with agreed insured value up to N1 million for a premium of N40,000; N500,000, for a premium of N25,000 and N100,000 for a premium of N15,000 respectively and also covers third party property damage up to N2 million in all the three variants.