as Nigerian insurance operators look forward to benefit from the exchange programme, Indian insurance industry is soaring in ranking. Indian life insurance industry has increased in world markets. India’s ranking among life insurance markets has risen from number 10 last year to the number 9 position, displacing Taiwan.

Preparations are in top gear for insurance professionals to storm India to attend the Chief Executives exchange programme for the year 2010, to allign with global trends in the business and practice of insurance.

WHEN in April 2006, the Lagos State government engaged Messrs Lekki Concession Company (LCC) to upgrade and expand the 49.5 kilometre Lekki-Epe expressway under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, many did not understand the full implications of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme designed to ease the usual traffic gridlock along the road.

International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank released a draft framework for engagement in the palm oil sector, detailing an approach that aligns with the World Bank Group mission to fight poverty without compromising economic, environmental or social sustainability, and inviting further public comment.

THE Federal government warned yesterday that if all outstanding issues relating to agriculture with regard to the Doha Development Round agenda must be completed before the end of 2010, developed trading partners must be prepared to shift grounds.