One of the foremost Insurance brokers in Nigeria, Scib Nigeria and Co. Limited has announced activities to mark its 40th anniversary. In an interactive session with the media in Lagos on Thursday, Managing Director of Scib Insurance, Mr Shola Tinubu announced that part of the activities include a book launch in honour of the founder of the company Olola Olabode Ogunlana. Two books titled are “Out of the Black Pot” and “The Selected Tales.”
Though Mr. Tinubu said that the company has achieved a lot of landmarks in the past 40 years, but what he cherishes most is the values that the company holds dear which includes integrity, excellence, professionalism, friendship amongst others. ‘The absolute focus for the first 20 years of the organisation was instilling a value system that will drive the company forward and the second 20 years has seen tremendous successes as a result of instilling those values. With the right values everything falls into place. We take integrity far more important than any other thing and pride ourselves on our value system.’
Founded by Olola Olabode Ogunlana with only one staff in 1978, Scib has grown in leaps and bounds and currently can boast of being one of the largest employers in the insurance broking sub sector in Nigeria with about 120 staff on regular payroll. Tinubu said the staff has been infused with great leadership spirit making them stand out as well as take pivotal positions in the market or anywhere they may find themselves. Scib has carved out a niche for itself locally and internationally earning several laurels in the process. The firm is currently the representative of AON the largest insurance broker in the world in Nigeria. The organisation also won the award of best Insurance broker in Nigeria 2018 by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Commenting on what the future holds for SCIB Mr Tinubu said, ‘Whilst our past and present records may seem heart-warming, we are not in any way deluded to believe the work is done. The future remains challenging. By God’s grace, this company under my leadership and succession will continue to benchmark global standards, comparing notes with globally rated professional companies. We shall continue to innovate and deploy strategic thinking to build our profile as a global brand’.
