Author: Gareth Stokes

Cyber risk an afterthought as earthquake and floods tear Africa asunder
2023 is fast turning into Africa’s annus horribilis as the continent processes the economic and emotional trauma of three mega catastrophe loss events [...]

ART and cell captives are useful tools to deliver re/insurer resilience, sustainability
A combination of alternative risk transfer (ART) and cell captive insurance could be just the trick to address Africa’s insurance sector resilience an [...]

Négociations de réassurance difficiles et autres horreurs des catastrophes naturelles
Les cataclysmes pouvant illustrer l'impact des catastrophes naturelles sur les communautés et les réassureurs mondiaux ne manquent pas. Le 8 août 2023 [...]

Tough reinsurance negotiations and other natural catastrophe horrors
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There is no shortage of horror events that illustrate the impact of natural catastrophe on both commu [...]

The test that South Africa’s re/insurer compliance teams will come to dread
The compliance burden carried by South African banks and insurers continues to expand, with the latest salvo fired by the country’s Prudential Authori [...]

Resilience and sustainability hinge on alignment with long-term risk offsets
To succeed, the insurance industry must align its resilience and sustainability efforts with the long-term global strategies aimed at mitigating evolv [...]

Private and public sectors still figuring out how to collaborate on risk
The private and public sectors are still figuring out their respective roles in collaborating on risk mitigation and risk transfer, especially in Afri [...]

Fresh approach to insurance partnerships ‘scores’ a standing ovation at AIE2023
The first day of the African Insurance Exchange (AIE 2023) got off to an impressive start as Gift of the Givers founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, delivered [...]

Reinsurers have a track record of resilience that spans decades
Despite recent improvements, the global reinsurance industry still has a gap to close in terms of getting its underlying return on equity (ROE) in lin [...]

Can the youth dividend deliver sustainability ‘wins’ for Africa?
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Achieving victory in globally set environmental and social stakes is proving difficult for Africa. On [...]