Author: Ant Darby
Africa Re launches 8th edition of African Insurance Awards
African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) has launched the 8th edition of the African Insurance Awards to be awarded on 29 May 2023 in [...]
Prix d’Excellence dans les Assurances en Afrique – Edition de 2023
La Société Africaine de Réassurance (Africa Re) organisera la 8ème édition des Prix d’Excellence dans les Assurances en Afrique le 29 mai 2023 à Alger [...]
Brokerslink adds four new partners across Africa
Broking business, Brokerslink, has bolstered its presence in Africa by adding four new affiliates to its global network, from Algeria, Ethiopia, Libya [...]
How standalone terrorism coverage can reduce an insured’s total cost of risk
Throughout 2022, the public learned of plots to kidnap elected officials, politically motivated shootings and bomb threats. Politically motivated acts [...]
ASR and Africa Re agree deal on political risk and trade credit cover
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) and the African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) have entered into a partnership agreement on the provision of politic [...]
ASR and SCR agree new partnership to write multi-business-line coverage
Pan African reinsurer Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) has agreed a new partnership with Société Centrale de Réassurance (SCR), the leading reinsurer in M [...]
Insurers must put the S into ESG, suggests Sapphire, and respond to changing demands
With any physical damage, there is usually a mental health trauma running alongside it - but too often insurance products focus on the physical and fi [...]
Increases in commercial insurance rates easing slightly, reports Marsh
Global commercial insurance prices increased 6% in the third quarter of 2022 (down from an 9% increase in Q2), according to broker Marsh.
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Warning from global north activists on fossil fuel insurance – impacts to be felt across Africa
Insurance company restrictions on oil and gas are finally starting to catch up with those on coal, according to new data from the global north campaig [...]
Insurance diversity festival opens today with events across Africa
Dive In – the insurance industry’s leading festival for diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) – is continuing its mission of enabling people to a [...]