Eagle Search Services, Cornerstone Insurance, NEM Insurance to extend welfare scheme to Nigerians

Eagle Search Services Nig Ltd, in partnership with Cornerstone Insurance Plc and NEM Insurance Plc, has announced an agreement to provide a Group Personal Accident Social Welfare scheme known as “Eagle Social Welfare Scheme” to all Nigerians.
The scheme is designed to provide medical relief to the populace in the event of suffering from domestic accidents, accidents at work, vehicular accidents, temporary/permanent disability and death resulting from accident.
The commencement of this social welfare scheme will further boost economic security, create employment and develop new asset pools that can be invested in other ways to support economic development, and reduce sufferings from injuries, disabilities from accidents and high death rate occurring from accidents.
The official launching was held on Wednesday December 1st 2021 at the Cornerstone Insurance Plc corporate head office in Lagos.
The programme was officially launched by The Group Managing Director/CEO of Cornerstone Insurance Plc, Mr Ganiyu Musa, who also doubled as the Chairman of Nigeria Insurance Association.
He was assisted by the Group Managing Director/CEO of NEM Insurance Plc, Mr Tope Smart, who was represented by the Head of Underwriting of NEM Insurance Plc, Mrs Bolanle Baruwa.
Also present were Dr Deji Bolusemihi, MD of Midfield Insurance Brokers the Association of Nigeria Private Medical Practitioners at the occasion.
Musa noted that insurance penetration in Nigeria is abysmally low, one of the lowest in Africa elite nations and one of the poorest globally.
According to him, less than three per cent of Nigerians have any form of personal insurances. He reiterated that this scheme is a good opportunity to deepen insurance penetration in the country and it will also assist in letting people know that insurance works.
Olu Bamidele Ajanaku, the Group Managing Director of the Eagle Search Services Nig. Ltd, while addressing participants and media, stressed the need for people, most especially those at the informal sector and those at the lower rung of the ladder, to have access to medical care through the scheme.
Ajanaku said that activities of the scheme have been enlarged to include provision of Minimal Medical Assistance by partnering with Eagle Search and Rescue Foundation and the Association of Nigeria Private Medical Practitioners and member hospitals.
The hospitals would have their hands full and this will definitely be a mutually beneficial relationship to all stakeholders.
Ajanaku also said that “We are in the digital age, we have conceptualised this project to start electronically and end online except when the subscribers have need to visit hospitals for treatments. Our innovative approach is to engage POS operators and encourage many young people to sign up new electronic points where registration for this scheme could be undertaken”.
Bolusemihi, one of the partners of the project, also harped more on the importance of the scheme, calling on Nigerians to visit the website (www.essn.com.ng) to subscribe for the service to enjoy the medical entitlements and reliefs attached to the scheme.
“This is our new story, this is a project dear to our heart, a cause we have fervently committed our energy and resources to, a solution we have created for the people of the lower level and the informal sector so that by subscription, they are sure that they will get relief if they suffer accidents and also get Minimal Medical Assistance when they fall sick”
Explaining further, Bolusemihi added that through the collaborative efforts of Midfield Insurance Brokers Ltd and working together with two of the most reputable insurance companies in Nigeria, Cornerstone Insurance Plc and NEM Insurance Plc together with the Association of Nigeria Private Medical Practitioner, “the project is already a success”, assuring that all subscribers would have access to medical treatments as a result of accident. He noted that registration and subscription will commence on all electronic media such as android phones, iphones, tablets, laptops, computers and POS Operators. And that all relevant information would be available in other media engagements such as posters, banners and at every accredited POS registration points.