Nigeria. Fintech firm, Tangerine, launches pension, insurance products

A leading financial services and technology platform, Tangerine, officially launched its financial service product offerings at a press conference held on Wednesday July 7.

Speaking at the press conference was Livingstone Magorimbo, Head Life Insurance, Tangerine Nigeria, Dapo Akisanya, Head Pensions, Tangerine Nigeria & Ibitunde Balogun, Head Commercial, Tangerine Nigeria who introduced the press to Tangerine and shared the businesses agenda and future growth plans.

In September 2019, Tangerine was established following the acquisition of 100% equity stake in Metropolitan Life Insurance Nigeria by Verod Capital Management (“Verod”), a leading private equity firm investing in growth companies across Anglophone West Africa.

This was immediately followed by a stream of strategic mergers & acquisitions, notably: The acquisition of ARM Life through Metropolitan Life to establish the 4th largest life insurer in Nigeria – Tangerine Life Insurance Limited; Verod’s acquisition of Law Union and Rock, one of the leading general insurance companies in the space, which has since been rebranded as Tangerine General Insurance Limited; the acquisition of Assured MFB, a microfinance bank, by Tangerine Life to establish Tangerine Money; and in the pensions space, the acquisitio.

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