The 2024 BusinessToday Annual Conference with the theme “The world of AI: How Insurance And Pension Sectors Can Explore Opportunities For Market Penetration,” will hold tomorrow at the Ballroom of Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos.
The conference will be chaired by Mr. Tope Smart, Chairman, NEM Insurance PLC while the keynote Speaker is the Chief Executive Officer, Cowry Asset Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu.
The Commissioner for Insurance, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Mr. Sunday Thomas is the special guest of honour.
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and the National Pension Commission (PenCom) have endorsed the conference which is in its eight edition.
The two agencies will lead other professionals to the conference to discuss burning issues in the insurance and pension sectors.
Speaking on the theme of the conference, the Convener, Mrs. Nkechi Naeche-Esezobor, said it provides the industry the opportunities to deliberate and fashion out strategies that both the insurance and pension sectors can deploy to enhance consumer value and service delivery, as well as further deepen market penetration.
She noted that experts drawn from insurance, pension and IT sectors would be on hand to speak on the theme of the conference.
The Director General, National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs. Aisha Dahir-Umar; the Chairman Nigerian Insurers Association, Segun Omoshein ( NIA) and President of Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria, (PenOp),) Mr. Umar Mairami, have all confirmed their attendance at the conference.
Similarly, Pension Guru and former Managing Director/ CEO, Access Pension Fund Custodian Limited, Mrs. Idu Okwuosa- Okeahialami and the Director General NIA, Mrs Yetunde Ilori among others, will be in attendance.
Others expected are: Trade union organizations expected are Lagos State Union of Pensioners; Nigerian Labour Congress (Lagos chapter), Contributory Pensioners Union of Nigeria (CPUN), Food, Beverage and Tobacco Senior Staff Association (FOBTOB); Nigerian Union of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institution Employees (NUBIFIE); ASSBIFFI, Market Women, People Living With Disability, Amalgamated Traders Association, Alakoro Market, Lagos and Advocacy groups; Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Trade Union Congress, ( Lagos chapter); Consumer Awareness Organisation; Students of insurance (Laspotech); Department of Actuarial Science & Insurance, University of Lagos; Coalition of Associations in Computer Village and NTA Association Of Contributory Pensioners (NTA-ACPEN).
BusinessToday Annual Conference offers stakeholders a unique opportunity to drive insurance and pension to the grassroots.