Akorede Johnson, a corps member with Sovereign Trust Insurance Plc, has emerged as the winner of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) ambassador of the insurance industry for the year 2024/2025.

Amidst pomp and pageantry, the 2024 edition of the annual CIIN Nite of Talents was held at the Condo Event Centre in Victoria Island, Lagos with top bras of the industry in attendance, according to a statement.

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The keenly contested competition had contestants from leading insurance companies in the country and at the end of the day, Akorede Olaoluwa Johnson emerged winner.

Akorede Johnson is a graduate of Insurance from Lagos State Polytechnic as well as having a B.Sc degree in Education from the Lagos State University.

He is a highly motivated and adaptable individual with a passion for learning and growth. Akorede is a registered and qualified teacher with the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria.

He is also a member of the CIPM and holds a Diploma Certificate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria CIIN.

As an undergraduate, he served in various capacities in the Student Union body in leadership positions.

As a young leader with enthusiasm for knowledge and professionalism, Akorede cut his career teeth with Sovereign Trust Insurance plc in October 2023, when he joined the company for his mandatory one-year Youth Service as a staff in the Reinsurance unit in the Technical Division of the underwriting company.

Modestus Anaesoronye is a leading Nigerian financial journalist with over two decades of experience reporting on the insurance and pension sectors across Nigeria and West Africa. He has held key editorial positions at major national media outlets, including The Comet, The Nation, and Financial Standard, and currently serves as a Senior Financial Analyst at BusinessDay Media Ltd. A widely travelled reporter, he has covered industry developments in more than 14 countries across Africa and Asia. Anaesoronye is a multiple award-winning journalist, honoured several times as Insurance Journalist of the Year and Pension Journalist of the Year by recognised industry bodies, including PensionScope and the Pension Fund Operators Association of Nigeria (PenOp), among others.

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