Nigerian Association of Insurance and Pension Editors (NAIPE) has up ticked Mallam Kasim Garba Kurfi, Managing Director/CEO of APT Securities and Funds Limited, as Keynote Speaker for the up-coming 8th annual national conference with the theme “Role of Insurance and Pension Sectors In Building Sustainable Economic Growth Under The New Government.”
Billed to join in the confab as lead panelist are prominent thought-leaders and astute professionals in the insurance and pension industries to discuss the theme of the conference scheduled to hold on September 7, at Oriental Hotels, Victoria Island, Lagos, by 10am.
The panelists include Mr Eddie Efekoha, President of West African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA)/Group Managing Director, Consolidated Hallmark Insurance (CHI); Olumide Oyetan, President of Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria, (PenOp); Mr Shola Tinubu, Managing Director/CEO of Scib Insurance Brokers and Ms Prisca Gbemisola Soares, former Secretary General African Insurance Organisation (AIO).
Other are Mr Samuel Banji Abolarin, Managing Director/CEO, NLPC; Dave Oduanu, Managing Director/CEO, Access Pension and Mr Wale Odutola, Managing Director/CEO, ARM Pension.
The conference committee noted that the Keynote Speaker, Mallam Garba Kurfi, is a highly skilled capital market professional operator with decades of experience, a Council Member of Nigeria Stock Exchange and Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), adding that the most iconic personalities in the insurance and pension industries, with vast experiences and knowledge were selected as panelists of the conference to discuss the theme.
Commenting, on the confab to be chaired by high caliber insurer, actuary and investor, Mr Wole Oshin and Founder and Group Managing Director of Custodian Group, Mrs Nkechi Naeche-Esezobor, Chairperson, NAIPE, expressed confidence on the assembly of resource persons to deliver at the peak knowledge.
Esezobor stated that the Special Guests of Honour for the Conference is the Commissioner For Insurance, Mr Sunday Olorundare Thomas and Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PenCom), Mrs Aisha Dahir-Umar.
NAIPE Chairperson said the panelists, who have received the Association’s invite had in separate responses acknowledged their readiness to always partner, support and identify with the Association in whatever ways possible.
Speakers according to Esezobor were carefully selected for unequalled delivery towards changing the landscape of both industries and deepen the penetration and contribution of both sectors to the economy.
Not less than 500 stakeholders from the insurance and pension sectors as well as the financial services sector such as Lagos State Pension Commission (LASPEC); Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN); Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA); Nigerian Council for Registered Insurance Brokers (NCRIB); Professional Insurance Ladies Association (PILA); Institute of Loss Adjusters of Nigeria (ILAN); Pension Funds Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp); Association for Registered Insurance Agents of Nigeria (ARIAN); College of Insurance and Financial Management (CIFM) and Small and Medium Enterprise Development Association of Nigeria (SMEDAN) etc.
Others expected are Nigeria Union of Pensioners; Trade Union Congress; People Living with Disabilities; Barbers, Hairdressers, Market Men and Women, Vulcanizers, etc.