Yemisi Izuora
Royal Exchange Plc, is set to unlock new growth potentials that will increase consumer value and better returns on investment to its teaming shareholders.
The company with interest in general insurance, life insurance, asset management, healthcare as well as micro finance banking is taking advantage of synergies, as a financial conglomerate in its new drive for growth.
This is going to be supported with a new inroad into agric insurance, the country’s new expanding goldmine, having secured approval to underwrite agric-business from the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM).
Speaking to shareholders at its 48th Annual General Meeting in Kano, Mr. Kenny Ezenwani Odogwu, Chairman, Royal Exchange Plc told shareholders that the future of the company is bright, stating that management has done very well in growing the business and bring stability in her operations.
“As always, Royal Exchange stays abreast with many of the initiatives it has put in place to grow its market share and attain market leadership position.”
According to him, the Group is currently streamlining major components of her business, service delivery, processes and operations to deliver superior returns in the short-term to the shareholders.
“This we believe will reposition our great company as not only a major industry player, but as potential game changer, Odogwu assured.
In the financial year ended December 2016, the Group recorded a 16 percent growth in gross written premium from N10.79 billion in 2015 to N12.52 billion in 2016, while total assets of the group witnessed a growth of 19.4 percent, from N26.5 billion in 2015 to N31.67billion as at December 31, 2016.
Alhaji Auwalu Muktari, Group Managing Director, while responding to shareholders questions, stated that Royal Exchange Plc, will strive to pay dividend next year having maximized available growth opportunities, including investment and underwriting during the year.
“For the future that we behold, our goal is to continuously redefine, reinvent and differentiate ourselves in the market place. The focus would be on achieving sustainable growth for our company through deepening of our revenue base, improving service delivery support system and at the same time keeping a lid on our group-wide costs”.
In recognition of the efforts being undertaken to reposition the company, Royal Exchange Plc recently won two awards from BusinessToday Online as the 2016 Insurance Company of the Year while the Group Managing Director, Alhaji Auwalu Muktari was also adjudged the 2016 Insurance Man of the Year.