CIIN appoints Abimbola Tiamiyu DG

 

The Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria (CIIN) has announced the appointment of Mrs Abimbola Omowunmi Tiamiyu as the new Director General of the institute.

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The former Director General of the Institute, Richard Borokini, who joined the Institute in March 2016 had retired having served for four years.

Mrs Tiamiyu was the former Director of Examinations of the Institute .

The new Director General was born to the family of Chief Samuel Olatunji Asorobi, a Chartered Insurer by profession, she grew up under a strict family discipline.

She started her educational career at Sisi Obasa Nursery and Primary School, Alagomeji, Lagos State, from where she proceeded to Ladi-Lak Institute, Alagomeji also in Lagos State. She had a very robust secondary school education at Federal Government College, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, where she obtained her Senior Secondary School Certificate in 1991.
She then proceeded to Ogun State University (now Olabisi Onabanjo University), Ago-Iwoye, where she bagged a Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) in Mathematics in 1997. Upon graduation, she was privileged to serve in Mary & Martha Juniorate, a Junior Secondary School, in Igbodo, Delta State, where the seed of her love for moulding younger generations to be better citizens were germinated and has continue to flourish progressively.

She started her Insurance Career with Great Nigeria Insurance Plc in March 1999 as a Superintendent, under the tutelage of Rev. Michael Abimbola Siyanbola, a great motivator on academic and professional excellence. In Great Nigeria Plc, she garnered underwriting experience in both Life/Pensions; and General Business Insurances; from where she moved to Cornerstone Insurance Plc in 2005. At Cornerstone, she demonstrated expertise working in various capacities in the Life Unit, Actuarial Unit and exited as the Group Head, Central Claims Group to join the Chartered Insurance Institute of Nigeria in April 2018 as Director (Examination).

She bagged a Master’s Degree in Actuarial Science from the University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State in the Year 2003 and equally holds a Master of Science (Risk Management and Insurance) from the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State attained in 2019. Bimbola was inducted as an Associate of the Institute in the Year 2005 and became a Fellow of the Institute in the Year 2014. She has attended numerous trainings and seminars both at home and abroad.
She is a member of the Professional Insurance Ladies Association (PILA), where she was the Education Secretary (April 2016 till 2018) and Membership Secretary (2014 – April 2016).

She has served in various sub-committees of the Life Offices at Nigeria Insurers Association, where she was the Assistant General Secretary (2013/2014). She is also a Faculty Member at the College of Insurance, Asese, Ogun State and a Certified International Labour Organisation (ILO) Micro-Insurance Trainer. Mrs Tiamiyu’s passion for sharing knowledge has seen her facilitate numerous trainings and seminars within and beyond the insurance industry.
She is a highly self-motivated insurance practitioner with astute acumen and professional work ethics. She is also a change catalyst, a life coach and mentor to many upcoming professionals.

Mrs. Abimbola Omowunmi Tiamiyu is happily married with children.

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