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Donewell Insurance Company, one of the leading non-life underwriting companies, has rewarded about 25 sales executives in the 2018 accounting year for their spectacular performance. The rewards were in the form of cash and materials. Seth Aklasi, Managing Director of the company, revealed that the awards were given to these top-flight sales executives for their contribution to the growth of Donewell Insurance premium income portfolio in 2018. According to him, most of the award-winners have built a significant book of business acquisition, and this has kept on growing year-on-year for over 25 years. More importantly, too, the sales executives contributed almost 54% of premium income generated for the company last year. He also admitted that he is especially happy because Donewell Insurance Company sees its relationship with its sales executives as being beyond business, and will always in the face of technical difficulties look at how to meet with them half-way. Akl...

The African Insurance Organisation (AIO) will hold its 46 th conference and annual general assembly at Emperor Palace in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 8 th to 13 th June 2019. Each year the events attracts senior delegates from across Africa and the rest of the world to discuss the most pressing issue facing the insurance industry on the continent. Under this year’s theme, ‘Insurance Penetration in Africa: Insuring the Uninsured’ , the conference will focus on insurance distribution and inclusivity across the continent. Other topical issues under discussion will include micro-insurance and the effects of climatic events (such as floods, droughts and wildfires) on the industry and the economy in general. “We have managed to secure a number of highly regarded speakers, panellists and facilitators from all over Africa and beyond for this year’s conference,” says AIO vice-president Delphine Troare Maisou. “We have also got some quality bookings and are very happy with the...

D eputy Interior Minister together with Traditional Council members for LEKMA, cutting the ribbon to officially open the facility Kasapreko Company Limited (KCL), the only indigenous beverage manufacturing company with ISO Certification in Ghana, has donated a fully-equipped fire station worth GH¢400,000 to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS). The new Kasapreko Fire Station, which is located close to the Kasapreko factory premises, is to serve the people of Spintex Road and the industrial enclave in Tema West Municipal Assembly. The Chief Fire Officer, Edwin Ekow Blankson, indicated that the facility’s siting quite strategic, since for a long time the Ledzokuku Municipal Fire Station has had the arduous task of travelling a very long distance to attend to fire calls and accidents on the Spintex Road and its environs. “I commend highly the efforts of management at Kasapreko Company Limited for the high level of investment put into the opening of th is st...