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Uganda banks on bancassurance to grow business

Ibrahim Kaddunabbi Lubega, Uganda's Insurance Regulatory Authority chief executive officer. PHOTO | FILE

Uganda’s financial sector regulators have agreed on regulations that will soon see bancassurance become operational, despite protests from insurers.

Regulators and commercial banks see bancassurance — the sale of insurance products by banks — as a way to increase insurance penetration.

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