Recapitalisation: Implications for Nigeria’s insurers
By CNBC
13 September 2019 |
9:46 am
Coronation Merchant Bank (CMB) says Nigeria's Insurance Industry (NII) has not shared in the growth experienced by other financial services sectors and has hardly grown in 10 years. To discuss the implications of the recapitalisation exercise on Nigeria's insurers, Guy Czatoryski, Head of Research at Coronation Merchant Bank joins CNBC Africa for more.
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