Nume Ekeghe
Epicure Insurance Brokers Limited has unveiled plans to increase its providers, speed up digitisation and deepen insurance coverage penetration in Nigeria because it marks its 10th anniversary.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Oyinpreye Aigbogun, mentioned the corporate’s subsequent section of development would give attention to collaboration and integrating insurance coverage into completely different areas of monetary providers.
Speaking on the agency’s 10th anniversary in Lagos lately, Aigbogun mentioned: “We should expect a richer and wider scope of services, more digitisation and deeper insurance penetration in Nigeria.”
She famous that Nigeria’s insurance coverage penetration remained low in contrast with international locations similar to South Africa and Ghana, highlighting alternatives to increase protection and enhance public consciousness.
“There’s still a lot of work to be done and everyone has a role to play, especially the regulators and the other advocates in the industry,” she mentioned.
Aigbogun mentioned collaboration can be central to the corporate’s technique over the following decade.
“So, over the next 10 years, we are going to look at more collaboration and how to embed insurance in as many types of services as possible. Without insurance, there is no life. Insurance is everything,” she mentioned.
She attributed Epicure’s development and longevity to its dedication to excellence, integrity and doing the best factor.
“The spirit of excellence, doing the right thing always, even when you think nobody’s watching,” she mentioned.
Reflecting on the milestone, she described the journey as fulfilling however acknowledged the alternatives forward.
“What 10 years feels like is, there’s so much we’ve done but there’s so much more to do,” she mentioned.
Chairman of Epicure Insurance Brokers, Obinnia Abajue, mentioned sturdy relationships, shared values and belief had been instrumental to the corporate’s development.
In his welcome tackle, Abajue recalled how the founders prioritised sustainable enterprise values over alternatives that didn’t align with their imaginative and prescient.
“Along the way, we turned down opportunities that did not fit who we wanted to be in favour of values we believed were sustainable,” he mentioned.
He added that unity and mutual assist had helped the corporate navigate its early challenges.
“We agreed that supporting each other mattered more than winning any argument. It meant we would either succeed and grow together, or fail together,” he mentioned.
Abajue reaffirmed the corporate’s dedication to defending purchasers and their belongings.
“Epicure remains committed to protecting our clients and ensuring that the people and things that matter most to them remain protected, even as the world changes,” he mentioned.
Delivering the keynote tackle, entrepreneur and long-standing shopper, Ibrahim Zibiri, highlighted profitability, human capital, sturdy enterprise foundations and adaptableness as vital to enterprise sustainability.
He careworn the significance of investing in workers, noting that know-how and synthetic intelligence would more and more form enterprise operations.
“Your most important asset will be your people,” Zibiri mentioned.
Drawing from his expertise as an Epicure shopper, he additionally highlighted the significance of insurance coverage in defending enterprise belongings, recounting how the corporate had helped organize protection for equipment, private valuables and different belongings, together with resolving claims arising from accidents and equipment breakdowns at mining websites.
In a goodwill message, Founder of IBTC (now Stanbic IBTC Bank), Atedo Peterside, congratulated Epicure on reaching the milestone, noting the challenges of sustaining a enterprise for a decade, notably within the insurance coverage business.
He urged the corporate to protect the buildings, enterprise mannequin and practices that had supported its development whereas constructing on its achievements.
Epicure Insurance Brokers offers common, life, well being and specialist danger insurance coverage brokerage providers, alongside buyer assist providers.
