THE IMPACT OF PROMOTIONAL STRATAEGY ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSURANCE IN NIGERIA
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BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
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“Risk is a phenomenon which has been in existence since the beginning of the world. Risk exists whenever the future is unknown” (Lemon 1989: 17). This means that the word implies some element of doubt about future and the outcome may be worse than what it had been at the moment. This man in his daily operations could be viewed as a risk manager, in that man does his best possible to reduce, eliminate, avoid, retain or share risk where they are present.
Tough there were some forms of risk management before the advent of insurance companies in Nigeria such as the extended family system, age grade association and others. insurance in its modern form was introduced into Nigeria by British.
In 1921, the Royal Exchange Assurance Company was established and it was the first insurance company to open full branch in Nigeria. In 1949, three other companies emerged. In 1958, Africa insurance company. By 1965, the number of insurance companies rose to 70. in 1977, the Nigeria Re-insurance company was established as a federal government owned insurance company. Nigeria was however under the British colonial rule up to 1960 when she gained her political independence and as a developing country. From 1960 to date a lot of insurance companies came into operation. Insurance is a modern method of sharing loss or spreading risk lightly over a great number of people so that the few unfortunate ones o r persons who sustain or suffer loss do not heavy financial loss as a result of their misfortune to the community. the insured pay premium into a common pool outcome of which the unfortunate few who suffer loss are compensated.
The secondary function of insurance companies includes:
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Provision of loans for building on the security of a life policy.
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Encourage and promote commercial enterprise men and industrialist
The accumulated sum of money by insurer re invested to state approved securities and this helps to provide the state with a steady flow investment funds with which the state can provide development and promotions to the local industries which will be of benefit to the community.
Insurance is a contract whereby a person called the insurer or assurer agrees in consideration of money paid to him or her known as premium by another person called the insured or assured to indemnify him against loss resulting to him on the happening of certain events. However, it was known that risk exist whenever the future is unknown and therefore insurance exist primarily to combat the adverse effect of risk.
The purpose of insurance is to compensate or indemnify the victim for his financial loss. It should be noted here that the insurance neither eliminate the loss nor stops the disaster from happening, what insurance does is to soften the blow in a purely financial sence by offering monetary compensation to the victim whereby placing him in the same financial position after loss as he was before though within the terms of the policy.
Re-insurance is the transfer of insurance business from one insurance company ot another. The original insurer who obtain the insurance contract form the insured or assured is called the direct insurer or the ceding company. Re-insurance arose from the need of the original insurer to spread the risk he has undertaken. Under re-insurance contract is between the ceding company policies. Therefore in the event of a loss, the insured cannot enforce the re-insurance contract.
However, the effect of re-insurance contract on the ceding company includes:
i Re- insurance reduces the probability of the ceding
company’s ruin by assuming his catastrophe risk.
ii Re- insurance stabilizes the ceding company’s balance sheet by taking on apart of his risk of random fluctuation risk of change and risk error.
iii Re- insurance increases the amount of capital effectively available to the ceding company by freeing equity that was tied up to cover risk.
iv Re-insurance enlarges the ceding company’s underwriting capacity by accepting a proportional share of risks and by providing part of the necessary reserves.
The insurance section is made up of a large number of companies with varying sizes, among which the NAICOM was established. The government uses this commission to regulate the insurance industry. The government uses this commission to regulate the insurance industry. It was established in 1997 by NAICOM decree N0 1 of 1997. Prior to the establishment of National insurance commission, the insurance business regulation and supervision were done by the insurance department of the ministry of finance.
The national insurance supervisory board (NISB) was established in 1991 to take over the supervision of insurance form the director of insurance. National insurance commission (NAICOM) is the head by the commission finance and administration and deputy director for insurance technical.
NAICOM Decree 1 of 1997 stated the functions of NAICOM as follows:
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To ensure eh effective administration, supervision regulation and control of insurance business in Nigeria.
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Establishment of standards of the conduct of insurance business in Nigeria.
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Approval of rate insurance premium to be paid of all classes of insurance business.
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Regulation of transactions between insurers and re- insurance in Nigeria and those outside Nigeria
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Ensuring adequate protection of strategic government assets and other properties.
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To act as adviser to the federal government on all insurance related matter.
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Approve standards, conditions and warranties applicable to all classes of insurance business.
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To protect insurance policy holders and beneficiaries and third parties to insurance contract.
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To publish for sale and distribution to he public, annual reports and statistics on the re- insurance industry.
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To liaise with and advise federal ministries, extra ministerial departments, statutory bodies and other government agencies on all matters relating to insurance contained in annual technical agreements to which Nigeria is signatory.
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To contribute to the educational program of the chartered institute of Nigeria and the West African insurance institute.
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To carry out such other activities connected or incidental to its other functions under the decrees.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The insurance industry in Nigeria has acute shortage of high level manpower for most classes of insurance and re- insurance business. the Nigeria insurance industry does not enjoy the required public goodwill and reason for this has to do with the damage done to practice of the profession by the get rich entrepreneur who goes about the business of insurance with the little regard to the principle of the profession. As a result of this, the government has come up with so many policies aimed at the study though will save the insurance industry. The extent to which all those government policies affect insurance companies and provides solution to ensure the survival of these insurance companies is another thing. The research therefore, is indicated to examine the impact of various control measures as promulgated by government to regulate the activities of the insurance industry.
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