- CEO
- Oluwole B. Oshin
- Full Time Employees
- 916
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Multi-line insurance
- Address
- Lagos Nigeria
- IPO Date
- Mar 20, 2008
- Business
- Custodian Investment Plc is a Nigeria-based investment holding company that provides non-bank financial services and real estate solutions to retail, commercial, and institutional clients. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria, the company operates primarily across the Nigerian market with strategic exposure in the broader West African region. The group conducts its business through five core operating segments: Non-Life Insurance, Life Assurance, Pension Administration, Trusteeship, and Real Estate. Its Non-Life Insurance segment, operating via Custodian and Allied Insurance Limited, provides a broad range of general insurance policies including motor vehicle insurance; fire and special perils insurance; marine cargo and hull coverage; aviation insurance; oil and energy risk underwriting; engineering and contractors all risks insurance; bonds and guarantees; goods-in-transit insurance; burglary and housebreaking insurance; and public, product, and employers liability protection. Its Life Assurance segment, operated through Custodian Life Assurance Limited, offers individual and group life solutions including the Custodian Capital Builder; Child Education Endowment and Tuition Protection plans; Life Time Harvest policies; Whole Life and Term Assurance; Mortgage Protection; Immediate and Deferred Annuities; Group Life Assurance; Keyman Insurance; and Credit Life coverage. Its Pension Administration segment, conducted through CrusaderSterling Pensions Limited, manages Retirement Savings Accounts; Voluntary Pension Contributions; Approved Existing Schemes; and Retiree Fund and annuity portfolios in compliance with statutory pension regulations. Its Trusteeship segment, managed by Custodian Trustees Limited, delivers corporate trust services including bond trusteeship, debenture trust administration, syndicated loan agency, and real estate investment trust administration; alongside private trust services comprising family living trusts, estate planning, wills and probate administration, and escrow agency services. Its Real Estate segment, operated primarily through its subsidiary UPDC Plc and the UPDC Real Estate Investment Trust, engages in commercial and residential property development; project management; facility management; and real estate investment holding. In recent strategic developments, Custodian Investment Plc has expanded its retail market reach through the deployment of enhanced digital insurance and self-service platforms designed to facilitate end-to-end policy issuance, automated claims settlement, and micro-insurance distribution. The group has also deepened its operational restructuring across its real estate portfolio by executing asset optimization programs and launching premium residential developments through UPDC Plc, while scaling up its specialized corporate trust mandates for sovereign, sub-national, and corporate debt issuances in the Nigerian capital market.