‘Outstanding’ Gambian Insurer, Henry Jawo, Retires

The Insurance Association of The Gambia (IAG) last week bade farewell to retiring insurance professional Henry M. Jawo who has been hailed as “outstanding”.

Mr. Jawo retires as secretary general at the permanent secretariat of the IAG where he has been working from 2000 to 2016. 

A trained-teacher for 15 years and a former school headmaster, Jawo joined the insurance industry in The Gambia in 1985 when he was appointed branch supervisor at Senegambia Insurance Company.

Continental Reinsurance poised to bridge knowledge gap in Gambian market

Non-life reinsurance training designed to improve knowledge and skills gap in Gambian industry (Photo: Participants - by Lamin Jahateh)

Continental Reinsurance Corporation has on Monday stated it is poised to bridge the knowledge gap in non-life reinsurance in The Gambia.

In that regard, the corporation hold a two-day training (March 24-25) on ‘non-life reinsurance’ in collaboration with Insurance Association of The Gambia (IAG) at a local hotel in Banjul.  

“The training is specifically designed to increase and improve the knowledge and skills gap in non-life reinsurance in The Gambia insurance industry,” the Nigeria-based pan-African company states.