Experts are expected to explore and discuss insurance and pension opportunities for market penetration.
To this end, the expert would discus on the theme: ‘The world of AI: How Insurance And Pension Sectors Can Explore Opportunities For Market Penetration,’ at the 2024 BusinessToday Annual Conference, billed to hold on Thursday, April 4, 2024 in Lekki, Lagos.
The event will be chaired by the chairman, NEM Insurance Plc, Mr. Tope Smart
while the keynote speaker is the chief executive officer, Cowry Asset Limited, Mr. Johnson Chukwu.
The commissioner for Insurance/CEO, National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), Mr. Sunday Thomas is the special guest of honour, even as NAICOM and the National Pension Commission (PenCom) have endorsed the conference which is in its eight edition. The two agencies are expected to lead other professionals to the conference to discuss burning issues in the insurance and pension sectors.
A statement by the convener, Mrs. Nkechi Naeche-Esezobor, 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(NIA), Segun Omoshein and the president of Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria(PenOp), Mr. Olumide Oyetan, have all confirmed their attendance for the conference.
Similarly, 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: the 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), among others.