I recently recommend a friend for a job in an insurance company as a sales advisor and the young man turned down the offer even though he is currently not working.

...because it is a long walk to freedom �

Because Nigerian's hardly buy insurance,even the third party insurance na war.
Insurance don't sell in Nigeria environment.
Don't just go to life assurance.
Them go ask you '' you want make I die?''

Cultural aversion


iSell bulk sms that delivers to DND numbers, I have 2019 phone database on promo sales too

Insurance isn't really easy to sell and the marketers are poorly paid...worse than DSA sef.

Because its perceived to be a situation of from frying pan to fire .

Do you want him to die before his time? Trekking up and down Lagos sun with no pay but commission upon sale. Insurance dont sell and its hard to convince people. Hard luck job

Taking insurance remains unpopular in Nigeria. Nigerians believe that it's not their portion for anything to go wrong. Convincing them to keep aside their money in case anything goes wrong can be hard.

It's not easy to sell insurance products. Our culture doesn't support insurance. Most people believe it's just a waste of resources.

That's one of the shittiest jobs around, some don't even pay you till you sell to some people. I think being an okada ride is waaaaaaaay better

It's easier for bankers to convince people to deposit money self.
Even when they use flashy ladies, Nigerians will still not do. We have no insurance culture

Its just a rebranded name for slavery

How many of the over 70 million working Nigerians believe in insurance??!...

Insurance here is perceived as something meant solely for "people wey chop belleful"!!!

If crime rates were manageable, Nigerian banks would have been closing shop at frightening speeds.

Sales and marketing is not easy, especially selling something like insurance in a country like Nigeria.

Imagine selling health insurance, it would look like you wish them bad health and death.

They forget that by the law of averages, these things must happen. People must get sick, cars must have accidents etc.

Nigeria isn't literate or open enough for things like this.

Again, it's leads to exploitation for the females in their bid to meet target. It can give high BP if don't meet targets, which in turn affects your pay.


The good aspect is that it can opens doors for you if properly packaged.
With it, you can gain audience with VIPs.
It increases your confidence also.

ASIDE:
You can also meet your sugar or apple in the process.
You can fall pregnant too lol

You don't sell insurance to people trying to survive.

Survival first.

The problem is how many people is buying insurance in Nigeria they only payed by commission especially Alico insurance.

I pity salespeople that try to sell Life Insurance.

Noblejay7:
I recently recommend a friend for a job in an insurance company as a sales advisor and the young man turned down the offer even though he is currently not working.

why your papa no dey do insurance sales?

naijadrivablog:
I pity salespeople that try to sell Life Insurance.

i just dey pray make i get company one day make one sisi juss make mistake come sell me insurance, wo i go scatter all the holes for e body

I will ALWAYS advise people to rather remain jobless than to take insurance job in Nigeria. As fraudulent as GNLD is, it's more profitable than insurance jobs (I have experienced both).

Firstly, insurance has had bad stories in the past. Many people have been scammed (though the regulation is a lot better now).

Secondly, many people that embraced insurance (both now and then) were not told the entire truth. Hence they ended up losing their money and the claim they supposed to get (if you default in your premium beyond the agreed grace period, forget any claim).

Thirdly, People have limited knowledge about insurance. They don't know that you can "save" your money with insurance companies the same way you can save in commercial banks, with some added benefits (firstly, you are covered, insurance wise during the period your money is there, and insurance has the HIGHEST return on investment in Nigeria, you could get as high as 17-30% return. unlike commercial banks that will be stealing your money).

Apart from the above factors, insurance companies are looking for cheap labour. There is no marketing team or vehicle for mobility or marketing. You will walk the streets till you literally see your soul departing your body. Tell me, who will invest his millions or even thousands with someone with bent shoes and sweat? If insurance works as the marketers (sometimes they use fancy names like risk advisor. lol. to attract "JJCs" claim, why are they working under one of the most heinous conditions?

Like I said, it better to be separating weevils from Beans every morning than to work for insurance companies.

Did you just say Insurance?
How many Nigerians dey do insurance?
Let's even assume they agree to do insurance sales. Do the insurance sales reps themselves have any insurance policy covering them? If anything happens to them during the course of duty, will the so called insurance company take full responsibility of damages done to their reps? That's why you see them recruiting sales people every month in their multitude. And those ones work for a max of 5months and then disappear when their ankles don dey touch ground.

Besides, how can you give what you don't have?
You wey no get any insurance policy wan sell insurance policy give another person. God help you if the potential client is a woman, her first question would be... 'So which insurance policy did you yourself subscribe to'? You go just open mouth dey smile like ode. With your sweaty shirt after sun don hammer you beta beating.

I no fit talk again abeg

Nigerians will never die until they die.
Their houses will never get burgled until they get burgled.
They will never have accident until they have accident.

Insurance products have not been redesigned to appeal to the Nigerian sense of trust in "the insurance of Jesus' blood"

Nigerians don't make plans towards eventualities like accidents, let alone death.

The blood of Jesus is their insurance.

It thus behoves on Nigerian Insurance companies to put forward the idea of insurance as an investment alternative and not as a cushion in the event of eventualities.

From the stories I've heard, only slavery is worse than selling insurance to Nigerians, unrealistic targets and sometimes no pay (only commission)

Everyone has said it.

Insurance is not in our culture.

The general attitude of Nigerians toward insurance and poor state of the economy makes the job a difficult one to do.

It’s better to be frying puff puff and bons by the road side than working as an insurance marketer....

Noblejay7:
I recently recommend a friend for a job in an insurance company as a sales advisor and the young man turned down the offer even though he is currently not working.

He doesn't want the nose of his shoes to be smiling in the streets of Lagos so soon. Maybe he will be convinced if you tell him you have insured your life and properties

Wit d economy situation in nigeria, most people re nt ready 2 invest in insurance.

From childhood to adulthood everybody wants to be a doctor, engineer, lawyer, pharmacist, accountant, pilot and not an insurance marketer. Even children nowadays want to become a politician or footballer. But condition na him dey make crayfish bend that is why Nigerians read any course available and take any job