GUINEA INSURANCE PLC Company Profile

GUINEA INSURANCE PLC

GUINEA INSURANCE PLC was established in 1948 when British West African Corporation Limited (BEWAC) opened an Insurance Department and became Chief Agents in Nigeria for Legal and General Assurance Society Limited of London. In 1950, the Agency was extended to Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Limited, United Kingdom. In response to Business Growth and to maximize available opportunities, Legal & General Assurance Society Limited, Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society Limited, Northern Region Development Corporation Limited and British West African Corporation Limited jointly incorporated an insurance Company.
 
Guinea Insurance Company Limited started operation from December 3, 1958. The Overseas shareholders held 51% majority shares before the indigenization decree of 1976, reversed the holding to 60% Nigerian interest, 40% overseas. The Overseas Shareholders divested their 40% holding to existing Nigerian Shareholders in 1988 thereby making the Company 100% Nigerian.
 
GUINEA INSURANCE PLC is now managed by a group of highly skilled and committed professionals, driven by modern technology and supported by a vibrant and resourceful Board of Directors led by Godson Chukwudi Ugochukwu, Esq.
 
 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ademola Abidogun- managing director/CEO
Godson Chukwudi Ugochukwu – chairman
Edobor Pius – executive director, finance & administration
Mrs. Isiomo Omoshie- Okokuku – executive director, marketing
Chukwuemeka Uzoukwu.M.- non executive director
Osita Benjamin Chidoke, OFR- non-executive director
Anthony Achebe – non-executive director
Sameul Onukwue – non-executive director
Mohanmed Tahir Attahir- non-executive director
Simon Oladayo Bolaji – non-executive director
Hassan Aminu Dantata 

AWARDS
 
2018- Great Place To Work Master Awards; Hall of Fame
2017 - LUTH Amity Awards; for Exceptional Support
2017 - ADVAN Awards; for Marketing Excellence
2017 - The Guardian Manufacturing Excellence Awards;
Best Manufacturing Company in Corporate Social Responsibility CSR)
2017 - National Crime Watch Award;Most Secured & Safety-Conscious Company.
2017- Fair Competition & Creativity Awards;(FCCA ’17)
Creativity & Innovation (Malta Guinness Herbs Lite )
2017 - ADVAN Awards; for Marketing Excellence
New Product of the Year ( Malta Guinness Herbs Lite ) – 2nd Place.
2016- Innovation of the Year (Malta Guinness Herbs Lite ) – 3rd Place
2016 - ADVAN award; for Marketing Excellence Consumer Promotion. Guinness Foreign Extra Stout (Winner)
2016 - ADVAN award; for Marketing Excellence Innovation Category
2016 - Guinness African Special (2nd Position)
2016- Best Practice Awards, Delivering Excellence In Wellness
2015 - ADVAN Awards for Marketing Excellence in CSR
Guinness Safe Water
2014- Nigerian – British Chamber of Commerce Awards
Innovation in Business (ORIJIN)
2014- ADVAN award for Marketing Excellence Innovation Category ORIJIN
2014 - Marketing Edge Outstanding Brand for Marketing Excellence (ORIJIN)
2013 - Most Socially Responsible Private Sector Company Supporting the Water Sector
2013 Great Place To Work (One of the Best Company to work)
2012 - The Best Place To Work in Nigeria Award;
2012 The Best Multinational Company in Nigeria Award;
2011- Great Place To Work (Best Company to work)
2011-Two SERA Awards; Most Socially Responsible Company in Labour Practices. (Most Socially Responsible Company for Fair Operating Practices)
2011-  Grand Award; in CSR (Health Sector) by LEAD
2011- Coolest CSR Stories for 2011 Cool Brands Global at the 2011 SERA Awards;
2009 Company of The Year By This Day Newspapers
2009 Two SERA Awards;Most Socially Responsible Company
Most Environmentally Responsible Company in Nigeria
2001- ISO 9002:1994 quality standards First brewery in West Africa to be so honored.
1997-Nigerian Stock Exchange President’s Merit Award