BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR —Ensuring that insurance get to all the nooks and crannies of the country, Zenith General Insurance Company Limited has partnered telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria to provide the first ever mobile insurance service in Nigeria.
According to the company, using the USSD code *5966#, customers can now buy Third Party Motor Insurance and Personal Accident Insurance on the go, on their mobile phones, whether or not they have access to the internet.
Chief Operating Officer, MTN Nigeria, Mazen
Mroue, while speaking at the event in Lagos said: “Financial Inclusion is imperative for economic development and access to insurance is a key component of this. MTN is glad to be the enabling platform for
the delivery of digital insurance through mobile phones. We congratulate, Zenith
General Insurance and Prudential Zenith Life Insurance for courageously blazing a trail.”
Also, Kehinde Borisade, Chief Executive Officer of Zenith Insurance said “There
are a lot of misconceptions around the concept of Insurance especially in developing nations such as ours.
We at Zenith Insurance are committed to dispelling those notions of insurance being an abstract concept sold by weary old men in dusty shoes, who are nowhere to be found, the minute you have a claim. We are bringing Insurance to the fingertips of the ordinary Nigerian who is looking for convenience in his day to day dealings, as well as speed in service delivery. The USSD platform is something that anyone, anywhere, as long as they have a mobile phone can have access to. You don’t even need to have a data plan.”
Presently, customers have the opportunity to purchase mandatory Third-Party Motor
Insurance- to cover against damages to other motorists and their vehicles and
Personal Accident Insurance- a policy that provides purchasers and their loved ones
with the assurance that should they suffer any injury that results in disablement or
death, they will be compensated financially for treatment, hospitalization, time out of work or permanent disability. Within two minutes, anyone anywhere in Nigeria can have an Insurance policy.
This novel development will revolutionise the way insurance works in Nigeria. Life
just got better, Insurance just got better. Welcome to the EazyLife!
