Miss Insurance Kicks Off “Teens For Insurance”

Funmilola Ogunshola, the reigning Miss Insurance has officially kicked off her pet project, “Teens For Insurance”.

Miss Insurance, Funmilola Ogunshola

The project, an online essay competition, is titled: The Significant Role of Insurance to the Development of an Economy.

Speaking on the motive behind this laudable initiative, she said the project was borne out of a desire to initiate early knowledge and experience on the practice and benefits of insurance to youths in Nigeria.

According to the queen, insurance is still very much at its foundation stage in this part of the world, with a lot of people only aware of car and health insurance, hence the pressing need to create more awareness.

“I have noticed that the majority of the insurance players in the industry are only focusing on the older generation, but the truth is we need to start creating more policies that focus on the younger generation, so as to catch them young and carry them along in the insurance awareness campaign. That exactly is what this project is centered upon,” she said.

Ogunshola urges all teenagers and youths between the ages of 13- 22 years to be a part of the online essay competition with fantastic prizes to be won, as entries close 12 mid-night of 31 October, 2014.

As part of the “Teens For Insurance” project, the queen’s office will also be organising school visits and inter-school quiz competitions targeted at creating awareness of the benefits of insurance to the society.

Ogunshola emerged winner of the Miss Insurance pageant organised by the Chattered Insurance Institute of Nigeria, CIIN, in March.

She beat 12 other contestants from renowned insurance and brokerage firms across the country and went away with a grand prize of a brand new 2013 KIA car.

Words by Funsho Arogundade

 Photo Credits: BHM Group