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INSURANCE INDUSTRY RECORDED N1.003TRILLION AT CLOSE OF 2023.

The Insurance industry of Nigeria has sustained its progressive trend of positive market performance at the close of 2023 fourth quarter, recording a milestone growth to close at N1.003trillion, representing about 27 per cent growth compared to the
N790billion recorded in 2022.
 The Non-Life business accounted for 61.3 per cent of all premiums written during the year while the Life segment contributed 38.7 per cent, valued at N388.1billion.
This is contained in report released by the  Statistics Department.
Directorate of Research, Statistics & Publications.
The market also recorded a retention of about 87.7 per cent for the Life business, just about 54 per cent for Non-Life while the aggregate market average retention stood at 66.7 per cent during the same period.
Major growth drivers in the non-life segment of the market were Oil & Gas and Fire Insurances, contributing 27.3% and 24.1% respectively.
In a direct reflection to the ongoing regulatory measures regarding claims
settlement, the Life business recorded about 95 per cent of net claims to the total recorded claims during the year while the market average stood at about 71.4 per cent of the N536.5billion gross claims reported at the close of fourth quarter, 2023.
 In a direct reflection to the “no-premium no-cover” policy of the Commission, the outstanding premium continue to decline,  posting a 1.6 per cent as outstanding of all the premiums generated in the market during the period. Statistics also shows that
 the market recorded total assets of about N2.67trillion and capitalization of N851billion in 2023.
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