Author: Gareth Stokes
Gareth Stokes is an award-winning financial journalist with more than two decades’ experience writing in the financial advice, insurance and investment disciplines.
Climate change and risk management solutions for Africa’s diverse agri-economy
The diverse nature of Africa’s agriculture sector, where large commercial operations often operate side by side with small-scale and subsistence farme [...]
Libérer le potentiel énergétique de l’Afrique, la clé d’une prospérité partagée
La collaboration entre les gouvernements, les entreprises et les communautés – tous unis dans une vision commune de prospérité – est considérée comme [...]
Unlocking Africa’s energy potential key for shared prosperity
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Collaboration between governments, businesses and communities – all united in purpose towards a shared [...]
Insurers, reinsurers must maintain underwriting discipline as insured losses mount
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Underwriting discipline is among the key defences that global insurers and reinsurers can deploy to pr [...]
Les assureurs et les réassureurs doivent maintenir une discipline de souscription alors que les pertes assurées augmentent
La discipline de souscription fait partie des principales défenses que les assureurs et réassureurs mondiaux peuvent déployer afin de protéger leurs b [...]
Global reinsurers shudder as severe convective storms dominate Q3 2023 loss tables
News flows on the frequency and severity of natural catastrophe losses continue unabated, with the latest update courtesy of Aon plc revealing the gro [...]
Earth carbon calculator to help SA bank customers ‘live’ sustainably
One of South Africa’s largest retail banks is making net-zero waves through the introduction of an ‘earth carbon calculator’ within its banking applic [...]
Digital-lies: Africa’s insurance consumers yearn for a human touch
As the so-called Magnificent Seven technology giants grow fat off their self-serving definitions of digital customer experience, most consumers in Afr [...]
Flooding claims 12 lives, causes major damage to infrastructure in SA’s Western Cape province
South Africa’s Western Cape province became the latest statistic in the ‘rising frequency and severity of extreme weather events’ trend as gale-force [...]
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 [...]