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Deal: Allianz acquires stake in Nigerian insurance firm

Onome Ohwovoriole by Onome Ohwovoriole
August 30, 2017
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Deal: Allianz acquires stake in Nigerian insurance firm
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German insurance giant Allianz has acquired a 98% stake in Ensure insurance. Terms of the deal where however not disclosed. Two other firms Wapic Insurance Plc and Hollard of South Africa had recently indicated an interest to acquire the company.

Why the move

The Nigerian insurance industry has several small players that lack capital to underwrite major risks. Insurance penetration in the country is quite low with less than 10% of Nigerians having any form of insurance policy. National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) which is the industry’s regulator has instituted a risk based capitalization programme which ties the amount of risk a company can insure to the size of its capital base. The policy has led to a series of mergers and acquisitions in the industry. Liberty Holdings, a South African firm acquired UNIC insurance in a deal valued at $12 million. Prudential, a UK-based firm, had last month acquired a controlling stake in Zenith Life.

Ensure Insurance (formerly known as Union Assurance) was incorporated in 1993, but began operations in 1998. In 2014, it was incorporated as a public limited liability company and acquired by GreenOak Global Holdings for $35 million. The company was subsequently rebranded to Ensure Insurance. For the financial year ended December 2016, Ensure Insurance made a gross premium income of N4.0 billion and a Profit After Tax of N1.05 billion.

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Allianz , founded in 1890 is a financial services company located in Germany. Its core businesses are insurance and asset management, with more than 86 million customers worldwide. HY 2017 results show it made revenues of €66.2 billion.

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Onome Ohwovoriole

Onome Ohwovoriole

Onome Ohwovoriole has a degree in Economics and Statistics from the University of Benin and prior to joining Nairametrics in December 2016 as Lead Analyst had stints in Publishing, Automobile Services, Entertainment and Leadership Training. He covers companies in the Nigerian corporate space, especially those listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). He also has a keen interest in new frontiers like Cryptocurrencies and Fintech. In his spare time, he loves to read books on finance, fiction as well as keep up with happenings in the world of international diplomacy. You can contact him via onome.ohwovoriole@nairametrics.com

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