Mutual Benefits Assurance boosts staff morale, pushes for more penetration

Mutual Benefits Assurance plc, one of Nigeria’s top underwriting firms currently operating with 60 branches nationwide and staff strength of over 7,000 says it would continue to boost staff morale in its quest to deepen market penetration.

This, the Company noted, is critical because of the strategic importance of quality human resource capital in driving business growth, which has seen Mutual Benefits engage agency staff and marketers nationwide over the last few years towards development of its retail market.

Akin Ogunbiyi, group managing director, Mutual Benefits Assurance plc, who disclosed this during the Company’s annual thanksgiving and awards ceremony for its Eastern Region branches held in Port Harcourt, presented three brand new cars as rewardS for hard work to three ‘Best Marketers of the Year.’

The awardees including Ekanem Chinwe, Vernatius Ify Antonio and Wami Sandra Chijago, were full of joy with their families as they drove away the new cars as marks for dedication to duty. Other categories of staff were given long service awards and they also took away plaques and electronics.

“We attach a lot of importance to hard work and dedication to duty and as a responsible employer we are giving them these cars to encourage them and to show that we appreciate their contribution to the growth of the Company.

“It will also motivate others to work hard, because we have a dedicated programme of reward for all levels of staff, and at the end of the day it is impacting on our operation bottom-line as well as consumer satisfaction,” Ogunbiyi stated.

The Group Managing Director who was full of joy thanked God for his continuous support for the Company, saying that the thanksgiving service which witnessed the attendance of many men of God, was its on modest way of showing gratitude to God for moving the Organisation forward.

Segun Omosehin, managing director, Mutual Benefits Assurance plc, said the decision to hold thanksgiving for the Eastern Region was necessitated by the huge contribution of the region to the Company’s bottom-line, and to reinforce the Organisation’s commitment to rewarding hard work.

“Giving these brand new cars to these marketers again is challenging other staff to rise up to the challenge and get theirs next year,” Omosehin said.

Omosehin stated that the Company would continue to come up with strategies to push the brand to the nooks and crannies of the country and beyond, stating that the Company takes its consumers very seriously would come with products and services that gives greater value to the consumers.

Femi Asenuga, managing director, Mutual Benefits Life Assurance, said the Company in the last 18 years of operation has identified the benefit of thanks giving and gratitude for God guidance in her business. “We have consistently held this thanksgiving at the corporate quarters in Lagos, but this year decided to extend it to the Eastern Region and we will continue in this direction,” Asenuga assured.

Mutual Benefits Assurance plc, incorporated in 1995 and licensed to transact general life and special risk businesses has evolved into a conglomerate of value-adding companies, and today a leader in the Nigeria Insurance industry.

With foreign presence in Liberia, Cameroun and recently got a license to operate in the Republic of Niger, the Company is poised to make a strong mark in the financial services market.