Nigeria poses a high return on investment and is on the search light of foreign investors. Nonetheless, there are risks that face these investors in the country. It is therefore, pertinent to expose the relevance of the insurance sector in absorbing the risk that could accrue to these investments coming into the country. The empirical study showed that insurance sector impacted positively and significantly on Nigeria's foreign direct investment inflow. However, there should be effective risk transfer mechanism and financial inter-mediation, which gives the investor confidence in the risk management strength of the host country.