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Old Mutual Nigeria

By Bismarck Rewane

CEO, Financial Derivatives Company Ltd.

June 19, 2014

Relevance of Financial Inclusion to Economic

Growth & Financial Stability

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+ Outline

Nigerian Insurance Industry: current state

assessment

Concept definition

Financial inclusion in Nigeria

Peer country comparison

What to expect in Q3’& Q414

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+ Nigerian Insurance Industry

Current State Assessment

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+ Overview of the Nigerian Financial

System Size of the Nigerian banking system in terms of

assets: N24.3trn ($150bn)

Recovered from the 2008 financial crisis

Average CAR of 16.7% is higher than the

global threshold of 10%

Average tier 1 capital to risk weighted assets is

15.4%

Industry NPL ratio is down to 3.8% as at March

2014, from 34.5% Nov 2010

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CBN’s payment system initiatives have led to

reduction in transaction costs and currency

management

Payment terminal aggregator (PTA) and

standardized T+1 settlement

Nationwide cashless to commence July 1

Mobile money initiative has continued to

enhance financial inclusion

Number of unbanked public down to 37.9% in

2013 from 46.3% in 2010

Overview of the Nigerian Financial

System

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+ Nigerian Insurance Industry

Growth rate of 15.18%

Contribution to GDP: 0.56%

A total of 59 insurance firms till date

Regulated by the national insurance commission (NAICOM)

Total premium of N200.40bn and N232.70bn in 2010 and 2011 respectively

Total assets of N5.85bn and N6.21bn in 2010 and 2011 respectively

Only 1.5% of the adult population (about 1.3m adults) have an insurance policy

Vehicle insurance has the highest share quota

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+ Nigerian Insurance Industry

Type Category Number

Insurance Company Life 16

Non-Life 30

Composite 11

Re-insurance 2

59

Insurance practitioners Underwriters 57

Brokers 577

Loss Adjusters 54

Agents 1900

2588

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+ Ghana Insurance Industry

Type Category Number

Insurance Company Life 19

Non-Life 26

Re-insurance 2

59

Insurance practitioners Re-insurance broker 1

Brokers 63

Loss Adjusters 1

Agents 4537

2588

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+ Nigerian Insurance Industry

Positive correlation between gross fixed investment

and total insurable assets

Insurance industry usually outperforms real GDP in

most economies

Leading economic indicator; as premiums grow,

investment increases

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Insurance in SSA Region

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+ Insurance Industry in South Africa

Insurance activities coordinated by South

African Insurance Association (SAIA)

Comprising of SAMIA, AMUSA, IGF and SANP

Largest insurance market in SSA

Total premium of $52.4bn

79.3% originates from life insurance

A total 12.9% of GDP

A figure which exceeds insurance penetration in

some European countries.

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+ Insurance Industry in Ghana

1989- Establishment of the National Insurance

Commission (NIC)

Now operates under the 2006 Insurance Act

(Act 724)

To ensure effective administration, supervision,

regulation and control of Insurance business in

Ghana.

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+ Industry performance

A total of 47 insurance firms till date Gross Premium in Life insurance of 367m Ghana

cedi and 492m Ghana cedis in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Growth rate of 34%

Gross premium in non-Life insurance of 582m Ghana cedis and 651m Ghana cedis in 2010 and 2011 respectively. Growth rate of 12%

A total of 1143m Ghana cedis equals 1% contribution to GDP

A 5% estimated share of population using insurance

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+ Insurance Industry in Kenya

Ranked 3rd out of 16 countries in 2010.

According to World Bank’s assessment of the

economic and governance reforms

The Kenyan insurance industry grew in written

premium value at a CAGR of 18.6% between

2008-2012.

The growth was mainly contributed by the non-

life insurance segment

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+ Insurance Industry in Kenya

Non-life insurance accounted for 50.9% of total

Kenyan insurance written premiums in 2012

Ongoing reforms and stable economic growth

and expanding distribution channels will

support growth in next 3-5 years

Insurance companies have used technology,

introducing a platform called M-BIMA by CIC

Insurance

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+ Insurance Industry in Kenya

Registered a Kenya shillings of 100bn of Gross

Direct premiums in 2011.

A growth of 16% p.a average over the last 5

years.

Comprises of a total 45 insurance companies.

Competition is strong and therefore clear

market positioning is essential.

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Nigerian Economy

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+ Nigerian Economy

Nigeria is a mineral rich and commodity

dependent economy

Nominal GDP of $510bn, largest economy in

Africa

26th largest in the world

Now a medium income country

Not eligible for certain categories of

international development assistance

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+ Nigerian Economy

GDP growth rate of 6%

Potential GDP/Real GDP divergence which was

as high as 15% in 2010 is now 4%

Suboptimal aggregate output due to structural

constraints

Factor productivity growth of 5.4% compared to

labour productivity of 3.3%

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+ Nigerian Economy

Misery index of 48%

∑(inflation + lending rate + unemployment- GDP

growth per capita)

79.4

61.6

48

38.1 37.4

37.3

25.6 19.9

18.2 16.8

13.9 12.9 11 9.08

7.9 7.88

5.4

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Misery index

Source: CBN

Nigeria has the 3rd highest misery index

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+ Financial Inclusion in Nigeria

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+ What is Financial Inclusion?

Roland Berger Financial inclusion is a state in which adults

have easy access to a full suite of quality formal financial products, provided at an affordable cost

These products include:

Payments

Savings

Credit

Insurance

Financial literacy is the understanding of financial terms and products

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+ Characteristics of Financial

Inclusion Easily accessible financial services

Complete range of financial products, e.g

payment systems, insurance

Financial products must be of acceptable

standard

Affordability

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+ Determinants of Financial Inclusion

in Nigeria

Individual attributes

• Whether to save or not

• Level of education

• Connectivity( mobile phone ownership, internet)

Household attributes

• Social economic status

Community attributes

• Proximity of nearest mobile phone kiosk

• Informal savings institutions in the community

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+ Facts & Figures

Young and growing population

of approx. 170m people

Level of urbanization as a % of

total population: 52.1%

Nigeria’s population growth

rate is 2.6%(4m)

Similar to the rate of increase of

the unbanked adults

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+ Facts & Figures

Total adult population is 87.9m

51.0% of the adult population

are under 33 years old

35.5% of rural adults are farmers

Mobile phone ownership is

84.9% in urban areas and 55.6%

in rural areas

8.1% of adults have some form

of tertiary education

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+ Facts & Figures

Ratio of banked to unbanked- 32.5:67.5

79% of the unbanked are rural dwellers

Financially included: excluded- 60.3/39.7

37% of adult population are financially included

Nigeria lags behind South Africa at 68%, Kenya: 41%

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Source: Roland Berger

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+ Financial Access- Peer Country

Comparison

Nigeria lags behind South Africa, Namibia and Botswana in terms of population formally included

Kenya has a large percentage of adults served by a “formal other” institution

Due to M-PESA

East African nations have the strongest informal sectors

Source: EFIna

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+ Growth in Financial Inclusion

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Banked Formal other Informal only Financially

excluded

2008

2010

2012

Growth in Level of Financial

Inclusion (N’m)

Source: EFIna, FDC Research

Between 208 and

2012, proportion of

adults formally

included increased to

43% from 23.6%

Proportion of adults

financially served

increased to 60.3%

from 47.5%

Number of adults

financially excluded

down by 10.5m

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Gradual increase in the

use of PoS terminals due

to cashless policy

Ratio of cash to cards now

70:30

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+ Use of Microfinance Banks (MFBs)

5.2% of the adult population have a MFB account Male: 56.4%

Female: 43.6%

The most commonly used MFB is a savings account

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

% of adults who have a mfb product

% of adults who have a mfb

product Source: EFIna, FDC

Research

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+ Penetration of Insurance Products

1.5% of the adult population have

insurance

Vehicle insurance has the highest

volume

Areas where risks are

experienced and would imply a

need for insurance have a low

share

Life assurance

Medical/critical illness cover

Livestock / agriculture insurance

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

% of those who currently

have insurance

% of those who

currently have

insurance

EFIna, FDC Research

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+ Mobile Money

5.5% of the adult population are aware of mobile

money operators

Only 0.5% are registered with any mobile money

operator

Mobile money is mostly used to purchase airtime

57.8

49.2

38.2

30.5

5.3

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Airtime

recharge

Sending

money

Receiving

money

Paying bills Others

% of registered mobile money

users

Source: EFIna, FDC Research

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+ Change in Number of Users per

Financial Product Number of banked adults increased by 56.28%

Number of adults with MFB account recorded the

highest increase of 820%

Number of adults with insurance recorded least growth

of 30%, after dipping marginally to 800,000users in

2010

No mobile banking in 2008 and 2010

18.3

0.5 1 0

25.4

3.2

0.8 0

28.6

4.6

1.3 0.4

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Banked (DMBs) MFB Insurance Mobile banking

2008

2010

2012

Source: EFIna, FDC Research

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+ Constraints to Increasing Financial

Inclusion Distance to banks

The average distance to a branch is over 10km

Low financial literacy

Affordability: cost of ATM cards, minimum

balances

Proper KYC documentations

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+ Financial Inclusion and

Economy

Case Study: Kenya

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+ Financial Inclusion and Economy

A case of the Kenya

2006 2013

Population (mn) 36.76 44.2

GDP ($bn) 22.5 37.23

GDP Growth Rate (%) 6.3 4.3

Use of more than one financial service (% of

population) 19 46

Volume of Transactions (mn) - 56

Value of Transactions (bn) - 142

Mobile Money Agents - 96319

Mobile Money Customers (mn) - 23.02

Mobile Money Customers (% of adult population) - 74

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+ Financial Inclusion and Economy

A case of the Kenya Kenya’s financial inclusion landscape experienced

a considerable and positive transformation during

the 2006-2013 period

Its financial system increasingly offered diverse

financial services and products

Covering a broader geographical area that extends

beyond the nation’s borders

Kenya is the second economy in Africa to achieve

financial inclusion

After South Africa

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+ Financial Inclusion and Economy

A case of the Kenya

M-PESA is a mobile money transfer service supported

by Safaricom

Kenya’s largest mobile network operator

Over 52% of the country’s 44.2mn people use M-PESA

74% of the adult population

Average value per transaction was US$29.3 in 2013

A quarter of Kenya’s GDP runs through M-PESA

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+ Financial Inclusion and Economy

A case of the Kenya

Value of mobile money transactions recorded in April 2013 was $1.68bn

Volume: 56m

Mobile money agents rose to 96,319 from zero in 2006

M-Shwari, launched in 2012 allows M-PESA subscribers save and borrow money

M-KESHO: mobile banking with micro-credit and savings

The simplicity of the service makes it attractive to the illiterate and semi-illiterate

People who would naturally not access bank services

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+ Financial Inclusion and Economy

A case of the Kenya – M-PESA and Insurance

97% of Kenyans do not have access to health insurance

or any insurance

Due to concentration of service at the top

Lack of service to the poor is also a contributory factor

In 2012/13, Vodafone introduced new M-Pesa services

Insurance

Savings and loans

Provides supporting insurance for smallholder farmers

against crop failure

Extended M-PESA insurance (funeral insurance) to

Tanzania

Registered over 170,000 customers in its first month

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+ Financial Inclusion and Economy

A case of the Kenya – M-PESA and Insurance

Safaricom launched M-Pesa health insurance in

January 2014

Aimed at the poor, literate and semi literate

Insurance service provided at an annual premium of

$137.07 for cover worth $3,312.40

M-Pesa now used to improve people’s lives in the

areas of agriculture, health & Education

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+ What to Expect in Q3-Q4

2014

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+ Leading Economic Indicators (LEI’s)Q3-Q4

H1’14 Q3’14 Q4’14

GDP (US$bn)

GDP Growth Rate (%) 6.9* 7.3* 7.1*

Inflation (average %) 8.00 8.28-9* 9-10%*

MPR Average (%) 12 12 12

Stock of FDI (US$bn) 90.3 86.4** 86.4**

Income per Capita (US$) 1,624 1,698 1,855

Exchange Rate - Interbank (N:US$) (Average) 162.55 165.0 167

Private Consumption 41.3 54.1 54.1

Gross fixed investment 81.83 82.7 82.7

Source: CBN, NBS, EIU FDC Research * = FDC’s Estimate ** = EIU Forecast

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+ What to Expect - Output

Real GDP expected to remain robust

2014 GDP growth rate: 6% in 2014

Non oil sector to remain key driver of growth, driven

by services, agriculture, building and construction

Government revenue is subject to oil market dynamics

Oil prices are subject to geopolitical tensions in the

middle east, oil shale boom, enforcement of OPEC quota

Crude output is subject to leakages, sabotage

Growth in private consumption is expected to increase

to 61.5% of GDP

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+ What to Expect - Inflation

Inflationary pressures will increase as

electioneering intensifies but hyper inflation

not expected

Anticipated inflation of 10-11% by year end

CBN’s target is 6-9%

Impact likely to be muted in Q3 due to

anticipated agricultural output

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+ What to Expect - Inflation

Risks from other sources remain

Implementation of the new automotive policy

Fiscal overdrive from security spending and

election campaigns

Resurgence of currency pressures may translate

into higher consumer prices

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+ CPI Likely to Increase in June

Again

8.0% 8.0% 7.7% 7.8% 7.9% 8.0%

10.0%

5.0%

6.0%

7.0%

8.0%

9.0%

10.0%

11.0%

Dec-13 Jan-14 Feb-14 Mar-14 Apr-14 May-14 *June-14

FDC's Headline Inflation Projection

* Impact of the New Automotive Policy, Depreciation of the naira and increase

in money supply

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+ Why

Growing Inflationary Pressure

FDC Research

Event Impact Time Frame

Naira Weakness High: 3-5% Impact more in July

Increased Cost of Vehicles High: (40%) Impact more in July

Disbursement of Capital

Vote (fiscal overdrive) High Immediate

Power Cost Medium: 5-10% Immediate

Steady Growth in Money

Supply Medium: 1.5-2% 90 days

Wage Pressure None -

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+ Possible Policy Response

3 possible scenarios

Use of administrative tools before next MPC

meeting

OMO auctions, T/Bills & CRR debits can be used to

stem inflation

MPC unlikely to change stance barring any

significant movement

In consumer prices and the macro environment

OR

Tighten monetary policy further if current

macroeconomic environment worsen

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+ What to Expect - Markets

Money market rates will continue to move in

tandem with liquidity

Hovering around the 200bps symmetric

corridor of the MPR

No major exchange rate adjustment expected

before elections

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+ What to Expect- Stock Market

Market rally to continue

Increasing by more than 3%

MPC change in monetary policy stance poses risk to banking sector stocks

Possible correction in subsequent quarters

No new listings expected

Seplat and Caverton listings may influence listings by year’s end

Pension assets now about N4.3 trillion

Increased allocation to equities may inflate the Nigerian bourse

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Market recovery to persist through Q3

Increasing as much as 8%

Further gains in Q3

Positive Q2 results to drive investor optimism

Possible “Emefiele boost” to financial sector

U.S Fed Taper already priced into global equities

Impact on Nigerian equities has been subdued

What to Expect- Stock Market

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+ What to Expect - Policy

New Governor to chair his first MPC meeting in July

The MPC composition remains intact &

institutionalized

The level of discourse will be unadulterated

The line in the sand for currency adjustment will be

approximately $34bn

All steps and comments will be subjected to

competitor and investor scrutiny

Evident in market response to his maiden press

conference

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+ What to Expect - Policy

There will be greater coordination between the

CBN & Finance Ministry

MPC unlikely to change monetary policy stance

barring any significant movement

In consumer prices and the macro environment

Accommodative stance expected after the 2015

elections

Committee to continue the use of administrative tools

to support monetary tools

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+ What to Expect - Policy

Electronic payments will increase transaction

flows as cashless policy goes nationwide

Increased financial inclusion expected

No subsidy reduction/removal expected

until after the 2015 elections

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