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23 Statutory deposits                                                               Group            Group        Company          Company
                                                                           31 December      31 December      31 December      31 December

                                                                                      2022             2021             2022             2021
                                                                                =N='000          =N='000          =N='000          =N='000

At 31 December                                                             1,000,000         1,000,000         1,000,000      1,000,000

Statutory deposit represents the amount deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria in accordance with section 9(1) and section 10(3)
of Insurance Act 2003. This is restricted cash as management does not have access to the balances in its day to day activities. They are
measured at cost and interest is paid semi-annually with 2021 average interest rate being 4.82% (2021: 3%).

  24 Insurance contract liabilities                                        41,681,828        25,008,822        15,395,074     10,632,412
                                                                           36,583,796        25,252,607        15,536,661     12,098,220
        Unearned premium (Note 24.2)                                       78,265,624        50,261,429        30,931,735     22,730,632
        Outstanding claims (Note 24.3)
        Non-life contract liabilities                                       5,160,413         4,308,077         3,648,298      2,669,470
        Life (Note 24.1)                                                   83,426,036        54,569,505        34,580,032     25,400,102
        Total insurance liabilities
                                                                           (26,952,006) (16,046,934)           (5,944,877) (6,261,679)
        Total retrocessionaire's share of insurance liabilities (Note 16)    56,474,030 38,522,571             28,635,155 19,138,423
        Net insurance contracts
                                                                           2,162,184         1,345,026         1,982,876      1,307,811
24.1 Insurance liabilities on life business;                               1,208,018           813,589           957,834        675,065
                                                                                                  3,570
    a Group life reserve for unearned premium                                   3,713                          2,940,710      1,982,876
        At 1 January                                                       3,373,915         2,162,184
        Addition (release) in the period
        Exchange difference                                                  2,145,893         2,145,893           686,594        686,594
        At 31 December                                                       2,750,028         2,912,686         2,278,116      1,496,877
                                                                           (3,113,535)       (2,916,183)       (2,257,122)    (1,496,877)
    b Life reserve for outstanding claims
        At 1 January                                                              4,113             3,498      707,588        686,594
        Claims Incurred in the year including IBNR (note 2.1)                1,786,498         2,145,893
        Claims paid during the period                                                                          3,648,298 2,669,470
        Exchange difference                                                  5,160,413         4,308,077
        At 31 December
                                                                             25,008,822        25,008,822        10,632,412 7,003,669
        Total Insurance liabilities on life business                         95,588,710        64,736,634        38,291,784 30,394,126
                                                                           (78,947,571)      (64,776,229)      (33,529,122) (26,765,383)
24.2 Reserve for unearned premium-Non life
        At 1 January                                                              31,867            39,595       15,395,074 10,632,412
        Increase in the year (see note 1.1)                                  41,681,828        25,008,822
        Released during the period
        Exchange difference                                                  25,252,607        25,252,607        12,098,220 12,098,220
        At 31 December                                                                    -                 -                 --

24.3 Reserve for outstanding claims-Non life                                 38,420,752        29,131,904        17,986,413 17,343,749
        At 1 January                                                       (27,118,612)      (29,170,191)      (14,547,972) (17,343,749)
        Portfolio transfer and claims adjustments during the period
        Incurred in the current year including IBNR (note 2.1)                    29,049            38,287       15,536,661 12,098,220
        Claims paid during the period                                        36,583,796        25,252,607
        Exchange difference
        At 31 December

25 Reinsurance creditors                                                   5,639,734         1,760,488           876,447          87,942
                                                                           4,040,999         2,800,691         3,110,439      1,707,908
     Due to retrocessionaires                                              9,680,733         4,561,180         3,986,886      1,795,850
     Due to ceding companies

     This represents the amount payable to insurance and reinsurance
     companies.
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