New business development executive for ASR
Africa Specialty Risks Group (ASR), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has appointed Constança Sampaio Soares, who joins as one of the company [...]
Kenyan insurer moves towards virtual model
Medical provider AAR Insurance Kenya has launched a new mobile app in what it says is part of its strategy to become a branchless and paperless insure [...]
Covid-19 and ESG driving resource nationalism
In the last year alone, 34 countries witnessed a significant increase in resource nationalism, according to the latest research from Verisk Maplecroft [...]
Lawrence Nazare named as new CEO for Continental Re
Continental Reinsurance Plc has announced Lawrence Mutsunge Nazare will replace Dr Femi Oyetunji as group managing director of the company, effective [...]
Covid-19 and sustainability likely to top insurance agenda for 2021
Covid-19 will be by far and away the most important theme in insurance throughout 2021, but sustainability will continue to be an essential long-term [...]
Climate change: differing risks to both sides of insurers’ balance sheets
Insurers are facing differing physical and transition risks from climate change, according to a new report.
Climate Risk Assessment for the Insuran [...]
Continental Re positioned to deliver value post-Covid while CEO Dr Femi Oyetunji announces retirement
Almost 35 years after it was founded in Lagos, Nigeria, leading private pan-African reinsurer Continental Reinsurance today announced it is “deliverin [...]
Munich Re posts a profit but Covid-19 losses high
Munich Re has posted a 2020 profit of €1.2bn, despite Covid-19 losses of some €3.4bn, of which €370m was attributable to life and health reinsurance, [...]
Sustainable shipping driven by finance
The drive towards a sustainable maritime sector is being led by the financial services sector, according to a new report from lawyers Watson Farley &a [...]
Golden opportunity for insurers to grow their business
Insurers have a golden opportunity to enhance or extend their product portfolios in the face of changing physical risk patterns, according to a panel [...]
