The insurance industry can greatly help in improving healthcare delivery in
a country by designing health insurance schemes for increasing accessibility
and affordability of medical services to the people.
The
president of Sierra Leone, Dr Ernest Bai Koroma, presenting on the topic ‘The
West Africa said health insurance schemes are built
upon the time honored principle of the insurance industry for pooling resources
together to avert the consequences of life's contingencies on people.
Insurance Industry: The Challenges and Opportunities in the Light of Recent Economic and Socio-Political Developments’
“Rather, we (insurance practitioners) put great emphases on targeting those who could pay the high premiums,” he added.
The Sierra Leonean president, himself an erudite insurance practitioner, said if the insurance profession should be at the centre of the new economy of growth, inclusion and protection, the practitioners must be transcended this mentality.
He said the insurance practitioners must seek out the various options for including the struggling worker, trader and ordinary citizen in national health insurance schemes.
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| President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma [Source: Salone Reporter] |
Insurance Industry: The Challenges and Opportunities in the Light of Recent Economic and Socio-Political Developments’
“Our profession (the insurance
profession) has often discriminated against ordinary people when it comes to
health insurance schemes,” the Sierra Leonean president said while presenting
his paper at the 35th Annual General Meeting and Educational Conference of the West
African Insurance Companies Association (WAICA) which started on Monday.
“Rather, we (insurance practitioners) put great emphases on targeting those who could pay the high premiums,” he added.
The Sierra Leonean president, himself an erudite insurance practitioner, said if the insurance profession should be at the centre of the new economy of growth, inclusion and protection, the practitioners must be transcended this mentality.
He said the insurance practitioners must seek out the various options for including the struggling worker, trader and ordinary citizen in national health insurance schemes.
