By RITA OBODOECHINA

Insurance operators in the country have commenced move to re-strategize their operations in order to serve their clients better and more effectively.

President of Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, CIIN, Mr. Wole Adetimehin, disclosed this during the official opening of the institutes’ 2012 international education conference held in Abuja.

He said “There is a genuine quest by all operators to seek ways and means of rethinking both governance and business models through fresh strategies.”

He also added that in all circumstances, including the pervading instances of corruption and greed in governance, the pendulum of good reasoning must continue to swing in the direction of finding lasting solutions to the avoidable wastages in the systems.

Continuing he said, the present atmosphere of insecurity in the country must be of concern to operators, adding however, that operators should exercise restraint in their reactions to the existing situation.

He assured that the Institute will continue to strive to ensure that it achieves in all spheres of its statutory responsibilities.

He said, “We shall continually strengthen the relevance of insurance education in Nigeria by means of the existing platforms such as the Conferences. Seminars, Workshops and exchange programmes, successful conduct of the professional examination in all the centers across the country and the offshore centre in Banjul, and Gambia.

According to him, “The institute will sustain the international outreach programme for CEOs, reinvigoration of the Mandatory Continuing Professional Development (MCDP) programme.

“Furthermore, he said, there shall be repositioning of the Institute’s secretariat through strategic realignment of the staff organogram, expansion of the Institute’s revenue generation bases, as well as progressive construction work on the College of Insurance.