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.
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 [...]
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 [...]