INSURANCE GURU, REMI OLOWUDE DIES OF CANCER IN THE US

The Executive Vice Chairman and Founder of IGI Industrial and General Insurance Conpany Limited, IGI Insurance PLc, Chief Remi Olowude is dead. He died in an American Hospital early this morning. He was aged 62. 

The ELITES gathered that Olowude died of Prostrate Cancer. There had been mounting fear over his health ever since he was diagnosed of the ailment a few months ago. Subsequently, he was flown to the United States, where he had been receiving treatment, until he died this morning. 

Olowude, a native of Ilesha, Osun State, had a

very rich inter-disciplinary background. He had his formal education in Economics both at the University of Lagos (1970-73) and the University of Santa Clara, California, United States (1976). He was also an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute of London. A self-motivated achiever, Olowude had deployed his multi-disciplinary background, professionalism and vision to build a conglomerate with interests in various sectors of the Nigerian Economy. He had delivered papers at various fora on wide-ranging topics. He had a total of almost 30 years’ cognate experience in Insurance Management.
His marriage to Olubunmi, his wife of 34 years, was blessed with children and grandchildren.