BY NKECHI NAECHE-ESEZOBOR—NEM Insurance Plc over the last six year has developed the culture of holding fitness walk as part of the company’s tradition to promote insurance education and building healthy workforce.
The event which is held twice in a year was held on Saturday which is second for the year where staff, beginning with aerobics from its head office on Ikorodu road walked to Maryland and back to the office.
The Chairman, Tope Smart Speaking to staff during the event.
The Chairman of the company, Tope Smart, said is part of the company’s tradition aimed at building a healthy workforce, which is expected to impacts positively on productivity.
He said “Is our tradition to promote healthy workforce and we believe our workers must not only be intelligent and professioners alone, but they must be very healthy.
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He said “we quite intentional about this fitness work and that was why when we were constructing this building we deliberately put in a gym center so our staff can take time to walk out and refresh during the week. We believe this will go a long way to impact positively in the health of our workforce.
Others at the event
“Our fitness work is held twice, the first one is in March while the last one for the year is held between October and November. We use that avenue to keep fit and promote insurance education and more awareness for the industry in general.”
He noted that a health workforce is a productive workforce, adding if staffs are not health it will impact negatively to the growth of the company.
The company started insurance business in Nigeria in 1948 through the agency of Edward Turner & Co. It became a Nigerian branch of NEM General Insurance Association Limited of London in 1965.
NEM Insurance was Incorporated in 1970 as a Nigerian company in compliance with the Companies Decree of 1968, the company became quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange in 1989 following the privatization by the Federal Government of Nigeria. The company, which has contributed immensely towards the growth of Insurance Industry in Nigeria, was into Life and Non- Life business. Following the recapitalization exercise in 2007, the company merged with Vigilant Insurance Company Ltd to transact all classes of General Insurance.
