Author: Gareth Stokes
Reflections on COP27: furthering Africa’s sustainable energy transition, or a financial lifeline for dirty coal?
Nobody can accuse The Presidency of the Republic of South Africa of sending mixed messages when it comes to tackling climate change. A quick visit to [...]
Yet another acronym for the CRI, CSR and ESG cults as CRISA 2.0 prepares for launch
Asset managers, asset owners and organisations in the investment value chain have far more to worry about than the broad environmental, social and gov [...]
Environmental and social risks weigh on insurer sustainability
The fact that environmental and social loss events often fall within the universe of practically uninsurable ‘systemic risks’ means that these constru [...]
Seeking inclusive and sustainable insurance growth, across Africa
There is an undeniable alignment between the financial protection role played by financial institutions and the overarching goal of inclusive and sust [...]
Compliance is non-negotiable for insurer sustainability
Insurers plying their business in South Africa are learning the hard way that non-compliance with the country’s financial services regulations constit [...]
Rapid decline: another South African non-life insurer falls to solvency, liquidity concerns
The final chapter of a 70-year-old, South Africa-based, non-life insurance business is being written by the courts following a recommendation by a cou [...]
Climate change top of mind as re/insurers field flood, storm claims
Climate change remains top of mind among global insurers and reinsurers midway through 2022 as they tally up the insured losses from a stream of flood [...]
Customer resilience at the heart of sustainable insurance
The African insurance market has emerged from two years of pandemic at a bit of a crossroads, with many of the continent’s major insurance and reinsur [...]
Climate change will drive unprecedented economic and social change
The increase in frequency and severity of climate change-related extreme weather events will drive unprecedented economic and social change over the c [...]
SA’s Prudential Authority flexes its muscles, placing Constantia Insurance under provisional curatorship
South Africa’s Prudential Authority (PA) has successfully applied to the High Court to have a local non-life insurer, Constantia Insurance Company Lim [...]