Owusu Yaw Osei-Bobie is an astute and consummate insurance professional with over 16 years’ experience in life insurance sales, distribution, and operations. He worked at Ghana Union Assurance Life Company Limited in many capacities and rose to the position of Head of Sales and Operations with oversight responsibility for corporate, retail and microinsurance distribution.

Owusu Yaw joined the Financial Systems Development Insurance project of the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) as a Technical Advisor to specifically oversee industry growth geared projects with key partners such as the National Insurance Commission (NIC), Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG), the Insurance Brokers Association of Ghana (IBAG), Ghana Insurers Association (GIA) and other international development-oriented institutions working in inclusive insurance as tool to build resilience.
After leaving GIZ, he joined KEK Insurance Brokers as Head of Group Life, Health and Pensions, contributing to the outstanding growth of the unit.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in management from the University of Cape Coast. He also holds a Master of Science degree in Sustainable Development and Management from the University of Ghana. He is a Chartered Insurance Professional with the Insurance Institute of Canada, Ontario Chapter and has ten (10) years post charter experience. Owusu Yaw is also a certified expert in inclusive insurance distribution after being trained by the International Labour Organization’s Impact Insurance Facility.
Yaw was recently appointed a vetted member of the United Nations Development Programme Ghana (UNDP-Ghana) pool of experts for the UNDP’s Global Insurance and Risk Financing project.

He has attended several local and international conferences on the business of life insurance and is a strong advocate for digital life insurance distribution with its capability to reach wider underserved markets. He possesses the talent to spot and create opportunities for distribution of life insurance through embedded products and partnerships.