Author: Calvin Manika
Zimbabwe’s draft law places customer protection at the centre
Over the past years, the insurance sector in Zimbabwe has seen various changes in laws and regulations in a bid to bring the regulator, underwriters a [...]
Repeated fires emphasise chance for insurers to safeguard Zimbabwe’s small businesses
On October 9, 2024, Zimbabwe woke up to devastating news for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). A fire razed parts of the Mbare inform [...]
Farmers’ basket insurance: A game-changer for Zimbabwe’s smallholder farmers
Zimbabwe's agriculture sector faces growing challenges in a nation that is becoming more and more susceptible to risks associated with climate change. [...]
Forum pitches for innovation in agricultural insurance
The labour of farmers, whether from large or small agribusinesses, hardly goes unnoticed in African economies. However, farmers confront numerous risk [...]
Insurance forum makes case for artificial intelligence use in fraud detection
Sylvester Rusere (36), an insurance customer with Econet’s subsidiary, EcoSure, staged the death of an imaginary daughter and made a claim. He falsely [...]
Harare gears for launch of health insurance scheme after 10-year delay
Harare City is gearing for the launch of a community-based health insurance scheme by the end of July, bringing into realisation the idea that Zimbabw [...]
Deployment of chatbots in the Zimbabwe’s insurance market causes rapid revolution
Africa has a unique opportunity to influence what the future of work looks like in these early days as large language learning models (LLMs) are evolv [...]
Africa insurance industry urged to prioritise climate resilience
Insurers cannot afford to steer clear of investing in climate-related products as risks such as floods and droughts continue to leave a trail of death [...]
FSD Africa project lines up new insurtechs in race to close protection gap
Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Africa-backed accelerator project has started onboarding the next set of insurtechs as it seeks to sharpen their prod [...]
Zimbabwean actuarial consultancy firm teams up with South Africa credit insurer to cover Zimbabwe-bound exports
Zimbabwean actuarial consultancy firm Invent Multiple Agents & Actuaries (Invent) has teamed up with South Africa’s credit insurer, Asset Finance [...]