AfriGlobal revolutionises insurance service in Nigeria with AfriCover247

L-R: Solomon Egbeleye, executive director, Finance,/Operations, AfriGlobal; Casmir Azubuike, MD/CEO; Motunrayo Fagbemi, marketing coordinator; Tope Adaramola, executive secretary of NCRIB, and Victor Olawale Ojedele, head, Underwriting at AfriGlobal, at the launch of AfriCover247 in Lagos

AfriGlobal Insurance Brokers Limited, Lagos has launched AfriCover247, a round-the-clock digital insurance transaction platform that will assist businesses, individuals and technology providers access and redistribute insurance products with ease.

AfriCover247 is a digital insurance platform that enables 24-hour, seven-days-a-week insurance transactions including claims management from start to finish including seamless payment of claims.

Casmir Azubuike, Managing Director of AfriGlobal Insurance Brokers Limited, said at the launch in Lagos at the weekend that AfriCover247 smart application enables users to buy insurance via mobile devices from start to finish without human interference.

Azubuike said the launch of AfriCover247 is a culmination of a two-year project which began just before the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown and it is the first of its kind in Nigeria where anybody anywhere in the globe can buy insurance and report claims via the user-friendly, simple and yet effective platform provided by AfriGlobal Insurance Brokers.

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Some of the features of the new insurance application include Chat Bot which can manage online real-time chat with customers and offline inquiries at any time and any day of the week, API adaptability which enables other insurance and non-insurance companies to plug in their digital infrastructure seamlessly to transact businesses, Self Administration as it has the capability to manage users, their permissions and authorities within the system while new staff onboarding can easily be managed with the profile management tool, among other features.

In her goodwill message to the event via DigiConverge Platform, president of Nigerian Council of Registered Insurance Brokers, Bola Onigbogu, commended AfriGlobal Insurance Brokers for the bold initiative in introducing cutting-edge digital technology to insurance services in Nigeria, noting that the lockdown last year as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic took a huge toll on insurance practice and services especially those that require human interface.

Onigbogu said with the introduction of AfriCover247, the insurance industry is ready to handle any unforeseen occurrence that may restrict human face-to-face interaction like the Covid-19 pandemic.

The hybrid event was well attended by several dignitaries and executives in the insurance industry including the Managing Director of Universal Insurance, Benedict Ujoatuonu, among others.

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha

Ifeoma Okeke-Korieocha is the Aviation Correspondent at BusinessDay Media Limited, publishers of BusinessDay Newspapers. She is also the Deputy Editor, BusinessDay Weekender Magazine, the Saturday Weekend edition of BusinessDay. She holds a BSC in Mass Communication from the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka and a Masters degree in Marketing at the University of Lagos. As the lead writer on the aviation desk, Ifeoma is responsible and in charge of the three weekly aviation and travel pages in BusinessDay and BDSunday. She also overseas and edits all pages of BusinessDay Saturday Weekender. She has written various investigative, features and news stories in aviation and business related issues and has been severally nominated for award in the category of Aviation Writer of the Year by the Nigeria Media Nite-Out awards; one of the Nigeria’s most prestigious media awards ceremonies. Ifeoma is a one-time winner of the prestigious Nigeria Media Merit Award under the 'Aviation Writer of the Year' Category. She is the 2025 Eloy Award winner under the Print Media Journalist category. She has undergone several journalism trainings by various prestigious organisations. Ifeoma is also a fellow of the Female Reporters Leadership Fellowship of the Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism.