Author: Gareth Stokes
Consumers will judge insurers’ sustainability credentials
Firms in the insurance industry are increasingly being judged by consumers – and society – for their achievements or shortcomings in non-insurance are [...]
Climate change is redefining global risk frontiers
Climate change, geopolitics and pandemic are shifting the risk frontier that multinational firms must negotiate to meet the health and “safety and sec [...]
Budgets, energy woes and how (alleged) corruption threatens SA’s just transition
The 2023 National Budget speech delivered by South Africa’s Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, placed a high priority on addressing the country’s [...]
Taking climate-related catastrophe in its stride: SA leading general insurer posts profit despite tough underwriting environment
South Africa’s leading general insurer, Santam Limited, reported strong growth in gross written premiums (GWP) and an “acceptable net profit” for its [...]
How insurtech is driving social impact in Africa
One of South Africa’s up-and-coming, consumer-focused insurtech companies made headlines recently with the announcement that it had secured US$17m in [...]
Asset owners must adopt alternative mindsets to accelerate impact and sustainability
Asset owners and other allocators of capital (who include asset managers, insurers and retirement funds) must adopt alternative mindsets when making i [...]
Green vs coal, gas and oil: SA’s loadshedding woes prove that sustainable energy is not a zero-sum game
Climate change activists who insist that renewable solar and wind power can fulfil a country’s base load requirements should spend a few days conducti [...]
Impact and sustainability take centre stage at (some) 2023 investment outlook presentations
It has taken less than a decade for impact and sustainability to overshadow the asset allocation and return discussions that previously dominated asse [...]
The apocalyptic collapse of South Africa’s national energy grid proves uninsurable
Insurers and reinsurers plying their trade in South Africa have finally taken steps to protect their balance sheet from the potential collapse of the [...]
Insurers will exclude power-cut related risks across South Africa
Insurers and reinsurers plying their trade in South Africa have finally taken steps to protect their balance sheet from the potential collapse of the [...]