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Heirs Insurance launches Nigeria's first multi-language AI assistant supporting Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and nine other languages
Heirs Insurance Group launched Prince AI, Nigeria's first generative AI insurance assistant, handling policy sales, claims, and inquiries on WhatsApp and its app. It supports over 10 languages, including Yoruba, Igbo, and Hausa.
Heirs Insurance Deploys Multi-Language AI Assistant in Nigeria
Heirs Insurance Group launched Prince AI, a generative AI assistant that handles customer inquiries, policy sales, and claims tracking across multiple languages. The move makes Heirs the first insurer in Nigeria to deploy such a tool, available on WhatsApp, the SimpleLife Mobile App, and the company's website.
Prince AI communicates in English, Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, and other languages. The assistant answers questions about Heirs products and broader insurance topics, helping customers assess coverage needs and identify suitable policies.
What the Assistant Does
- Responds to customer inquiries about insurance products and coverage
- Processes policy purchases and renewals
- Initiates and tracks claims
- Escalates cases to human representatives when needed
The system learns from each interaction, refining its responses over time. When customers need personalized advice, Heirs representatives provide expert guidance, creating a hybrid model that combines automation speed with human judgment.
Peace Okhianmhense-Philips, Chief Digital Officer at Heirs Insurance Group, said the assistant represents "the next phase of our digital evolution" by improving response speed while maintaining human connection to insurance decisions.
Why This Matters for Insurance Professionals
The launch reflects how AI for Insurance is shifting customer engagement from reactive support to proactive guidance. For insurers, this means handling routine inquiries without staffing increases while keeping complex decisions with trained agents.
Language support addresses a practical problem in markets like Nigeria: customers often prefer conducting financial transactions in their native language. By removing that friction, Heirs can reach customers who might otherwise avoid purchasing insurance.
The AI for Customer Support model also reveals how insurers can use AI to reduce claims processing time and improve first-contact resolution rates-metrics that directly affect customer retention and operational costs.
Heirs Insurance Group operates across Nigeria as part of Heirs Holdings, a pan-African investment company with operations in 24 countries.