Leadway Assurance Limited staff member Miss Oyewole Abigail, has won the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) Miss Insurance Pageant.
Abigail will for the next one year be propagating insurance awareness.
She defeated eight other contestants at the event organised by the institute in Lagos. The new Queen was crowned Miss Insurance after Miss Precious Ezekiel of Zenith Insurance, the Miss Insurance 2017.
Miss Chukwuedo Vivian Awele of Zenith General Insurance Limited was second. Ukeagbu Elizabeth of AIICO Insurance Plc came third.
CIIN President Mrs Funmi Babington-Ashaye, presenting a car gift to the winner, said the pageant is very special to the institute.
She added that the institute has firm belief in the total or all-round development of insurance professionals and has continued to initiate technical and business fora to discuss issues imprtant to it and the economy.
She lauded the contestants for their courage and enthusiasm to participate in the contest, and also appreciated the sponsors of the event.
The Chairman of the event, Commissioner Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives Lagos State, Mrs Olayinka Oladunjoye, applauded the CIIN leadership for the yearly event, adding that Miss Insurance Pageant, over time, has become a veritable tool for propagating insurance awareness in the country.
She stressed that no effort could be too much in promoting the efficacy of insurance as a risk transfer mechanism.