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Two firms to get NAICOM’s micro-insurance licence

by Bisi Bamishe
December 17, 2018
in Insurance
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The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) is set to issue operational licences to two micro-insurance companies having met all set requirements by the body.

The two micro-insurers, when operational, would become the pioneer stand-alone micro-insurance outfits in the insurance sector of the economy.

While it is yet unknown which of the Unit, State and National License the two firms will operate with, insider source revealed that one of the firm is expected to target Lagos and South West market in a bid to increase insurance penetration and acceptance in the country.

Confirming the development at the 2018 End of the Year workshop organised by the National Association of Insurance and Pension Correspondents (NAIPCO) in Lagos, the Deputy Commissioner for Insurance, Sunday Thomas, who represented the Commissioner for Insurance, Mohammed Kari, confirmed that the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) had applications from five companies of which two of them are at the verge of being given license. This duo, he said, will be the first two set of companies that meet the micro-insurance requirements.

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According to him, “We had applications from like five companies and two of them are at the verge of being given license. Those will be the first two set of companies that meet the requirements.”

He stated that some years back, when micro insurance started, it went through a lot of discussion in the market, but insurance operators were not taking advantage of it as only few companies have shown interest.

“The requirements then was to establish a unit recognised for that purpose, properly man with products that address the needs of the people at the lower level of the pyramid. We didn’t have much of that,” he pointed out.

That, he said, necessitated the review of the existing micro-insurance guideline to what it is today. To him, “We then said, let micro insurance stand alone. Those who will have it as their business, should do that alone, and then we reverse the guidelines. We had applications from like five companies and two of them are at the verge of being given license.”

NAICOM had, earlier in the year, lowered the capital base of micro-insurance outfits to make it easier for many investors to come in.

The revised guideline also classified Micro-insurance operation into Unit, State and National License.

For a National Insurer, such composite micro-insurance operator is expected to be capitalised to the tune of N600 million, while N400 million minimum capital base is needed from a General micro-insurance operators and N200 million for a Life micro-insurer. According to the guideline, national operators are allowed to have presence in at least six states within the three geopolitical zones of the federation.

For a State Micro-insurer, the minimum capital base is pegged at NI00 million, while a Unit Micro-insurer investor must be capitalised to the tune of N40 million, with operation in one location within a local community.

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Bisi Bamishe

Bisi Bamishe

I am a journalist with many years of experience in the field of Insurance and Pension. In 2003, I won Nigeria Media Merit Award of the IGI's Prize For Insurance Reporter of The Year

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