PostBank Uganda a financial institution that is committed to empowering lives and livelihoods was recently named among the top 10 banks in life bancassurance by gross premiums in a 2021 Q1 report released by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA).
Bancassurance has continued to contribute a huge percentage of non-interest revenue streams for several banks since its inception. This is in form of commission revenue from different insurance companies that they partner with.
Speaking about the bank’s performance, Frank Kalinzi, the Manager Bancassurance at PostBank Uganda, attributed the performance to the bank’s clientele base that gives PostBank a big pipeline to cross-sell insurance to bank customers.
He also noted that the favourable regulatory environment provided by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has driven more uptake of Bancassurance in the wider population.
PostBank Uganda registered a 7.2% market share and a gross premium of UGX. 1.3Bn all from its life bancassurance products. PostBank is in partnership with Prudential Life Assurance Company, NIC Life Assurance Uganda Ltd, UAP-OLDMUTUAL Life Assurance, CIC Africa Life Uganda Ltd and Jubilee Life Insurance Uganda Ltd to provide life insurance policies to customers.
Frank Kalinzi stressed that, “With this performance, we intend to broaden our market share even further by continuously availing tailor-made insurance products that will guarantee savings, investments or protection benefits for customers that are insured against life and indemnity for those that have non-life insurance policies.”
Commenting about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kalinzi revealed that PostBank is with working with an insurer to have a business guard insurance product that will take care of risks for SMEs that need to be protected in this fragile business environment due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
PostBank has several products that are sold over the counter on behalf of insurance companies, and these include education products like Somesa plus with UAP-OM and Pruedusave with Prudential. The bank also has credit life protection insurance, motor comprehensive, fire and burglary insurance for business owners and travel insurance for business customers.
Bancassurance is supervised by the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda.
About PostBank Uganda.
PostBank Uganda (PBU) is a public company limited by shares and formed under the Public Enterprises Reform and Divestiture Statute of 1983 and the Uganda Communications Act, 1997. It was incorporated under the Companies Act in 1998 and is owned by the Government of Uganda with 100% shareholding.
PostBank Uganda has since grown to boast of 49 branches countrywide, stretching from Yumbe to Kabale, from Kotido to Masaka, and over 300 Post Agents.
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For more information, please contact:
Ms. Doreen Nyiramugisha,
Head Marketing and Communications
PostBank, Uganda
P.O BOX 7189, KAMPALA
Tel: 0757998281
doreen.nyiramugisha@postbank.co.ug
Website: https://www.postbank.co.ug/
