Pres. Buhari Appoints Mohammed Kari as Commissioner for Insurance

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Alhaji Mohammed Kari as the Commissioner for Insurance and Chief Executive of the National Insurance Commission.

This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the president’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina.

According to the statement, Kari’s appointment, which is for a term of four years in the first instance, takes effect from July 31.

The new Commissioner for Insurance started his career with Royal Exchange Assurance in 1979.

He later worked with Yankari Insurance Company until 1989, when he was appointed as Executive Director in Niger Insurance Plc.

In January 1992, he was appointed Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Reinsurance Corporation, a position he held until March 1993 when he was appointed Managing Director of NICON Insurance Corporation.

He served in that capacity until January 2000 when he resigned.

He returned to insurance management in 2007 as the Managing Director/Chief Executive of Unity Kapital Assurance Plc, where he served for four years.

A Chartered Insurer and Professional IT Consultant, Kari was until his new appointment, the Deputy Commissioner (Technical) in the National Insurance Commission.

The statement concluded that President Buhari also renewed the appointment ofJoshua Okpo as the Rector of the Maritime Academy, Oron for a second and final term of four years.