ICMIF member Co-operative Insurance Company (CIC) Group in Kenya has won the Decade of Excellence Insurance Kenya 2021 Award awarded by the 2021 Global Banking & Finance Awards.

The awards, which are known throughout the global banking and financial community, reflect the innovation, achievement, strategy, progressive and inspirational changes taking place within the financial sector.

In December 2020, CIC General insurance was declared the Best Automotive Insurer at the Automotive Industry Excellence Awards, 2020, coming a year after the company won the Most Preferred Private Vehicle Insurer at the same awards held in 2019.

CIC was also feted as the best Motor Insurer at the Cheki Awards in December 2020 at a time the company was repositioning itself to become the market leader in general business.

Commenting about the global recognition, Patrick Nyaga, CIC Group CEO said ‘we are proud to be recognised globally. This award echoes our continued commitment to our clients to provide world class insurance services for the past decade’.

Remarking about the award, Joseph Karimi, CIC General Manager, Marketing and Customer experience said ‘We have continued to innovatively create customized products for our clients that meet their needs in an evolving world. We have strived to ‘keep our word’ to our customers in the past decade and we are glad that this effort has been recognised globally.

The Global Banking and Finance Awards reflect the innovation, achievement, strategy, progressive and inspirational changes taking place within the global financial community. The awards were created to recognise companies of all sizes which are prominent in particular areas of expertise and excellence within the financial world.

Photo shows: Dickson Ireri – GM CIC General, receiving the Best Automotive Insurer award 2020 from Cheki CEO Resian Leteipan at the CIC headquarters in Upperhill.