The Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, NCRIB, said plans are already being concluded for the re-certification of NCRIB Associates.

The move, according to the NCRIB, is in a bid to dignify the Associateship certificate of the Council.

According to the President of the NCRIB, Mrs. Laide Osijo the re-certification is in line with the desire of her administration to dignify the practice of insurance broking and give more value to members.

She said “The new certificates will be adorable with securitized marks and would bear the passport pictures of members. Similarly, a window of opportunity will be open to insurance professionals who desire to join the broking fraternity, but are not yet associates of the Council.

This will be done in tandem with the usual practice in other professions in order to widen the coast of broking profession in Nigeria. It is my hope that those that desire of this opportunity will take the advantage when information goes round in due course.”

Meanwhile, on the 50th anniversary of the NCRIB which will be coming up later in the year, Osijo said that the Council has decided to stream line the celebrations for maximum effect.

She said “Principally, events highlighted for celebration are the commissioning of the NCRIB building and the launching of the 50th Anniversary book of the Council. Similarly, there would be conferment of Fellowship and Distinguished Awards on eminent dignitaries who had contributed to the growth of the industry since its inception.

Anniversary Dinner is to be held in Abuja.  The Awards Night will be preceded by an Anniversary Lecture with the theme 50 Years of Insurance Broking in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects. We have gotten the Director General of British Insurance Brokers Association (BIBA), Mr. Eric Galbraith to deliver the paper.”