“Including more women will increase financial and insurance inclusiveness” – Expert

Dr. Henry Ationu, a specialist in insurance, has said that more involvement of women in the production and consumption of financial services in Nigeria would improve insurance and financial inclusion.

He mentioned regulation, technology, and financial knowledge as elements that would support financial inclusion in a statement.

Ationu, who is also the president of the University of Lagos Actuarial Science and Insurance Class of 1989 Alumni Association and the founder of Heat Finance and Investments Ltd, which owns Heatmoney, made these remarks at a symposium and award presentation the group held in honor of Prof. Sunday Aduloju, a classmate who was promoted to the position of Professor of Insurance and Risk Management at the University of Lagos (Unilag).

Dr. Biodun Adedipe delivered the key paper at the conference, “Insurance and Financial Inclusion: Designing Insurance Products for the Informal Sector.”