Ecowas to address slow insurance claims payment

L-R: Bio Adamou, SG Ecowas Council of Bureaux and Henry Jawo, SG Gambia National Bureau speaking to journalists at the end the Ecowas Brown Card Zonal meeting in Banjul. (Photo Credit: Lamin Jahateh)

Slow payment of genuine claims as a challenge to the implementation of the Ecowas Brown Card Insurance Scheme will be addressed, the 1^st zonal meeting of the Scheme agreed in Banjul on Friday.

Discussed under the theme “claims management within Ecowas”, various national bureaux of the Council of Bureaux of the Ecowas Brown Card reflect on the best ways to settle claims. 

Bio Adamou, secretary general of the permanent secretariat Ecowas Council of Bureaux, says: “The slow payments of payment of claims is contrary to the spirit of the provisions of the Protocol [of the Brown Card] which states that ‘our scheme’ is based on prompt and fair claims settlement. 

Ecowas to adopt new brown card insurance scheme

Insurance officials in West Africa and the Council of Bureaux of the Ecowas Brown Card Insurance Scheme are to adopt a new Consensus Brown Card to replace the existing one which will be used by all countries of the sub-regional economic bloc.

The new card is to be adopted during an April 23-25 first zonal meeting this year of the Council and 6th extra-ordinary general assembly in Banjul, The Gambia.  At least 70 senior insurance officials are attending the meeting hosted by the Gambia National Bureau of the Ecowas Brown Card.

“[The meeting is expected to] arrive at firm resolutions and decisions [about the new brown card and settlement] that would be acceptable by all,”says Ebou L. Bittaye chairperson of the Gambia National Bureau.

Ecowas insurers discuss claims management for brown card scheme

At least 70 insurers in the sub-regional economic bloc, Ecowas, Wednesday gather in Banjul to discuss claims management regarding the Brown Card Insurance Scheme in West Africa.

The April 23-25 event is the 1^st zonal meeting this year of the Ecowas Brown Card Scheme hosted by the The Gambia National Bureau of Ecowas Brown Card.

It is being preceded by an extra-ordinary general assembly to enable the Scheme adopt a new ‘Consensus Brown Card’ for use in all Ecowas member states.

The Brown Card Scheme is a compulsory insurance cover for third party liability against accident involving vehicles traveling across the West African sub-region.  It covers death, medical expenses, bodily injury and material damage.