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 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 [...]
Resurgence, resilience and revival… climate change and inflation set to dominate Africa’s sustainable insurance debate
There will be no shortage of topics for debate as delegates throng to the 2022 African Insurance Exchange (AIE 2022) conference. This will, after all, [...]
Future-fit insurers must accommodate changing consumer behaviours
Access to insurance, climate change and consumer behaviour emerged as unlikely companions during a ‘future of insurance’ panel discussion held during [...]
Strong leadership acknowledged as a key differentiator in financial services sustainability
South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, received the rarely awarded Insurance Institute of South Africa (IISA) presidential hono [...]
Are the existing tools measuring ESG outcomes fit for purpose?
There are few sectors of the global economy that have taken the call to achieve impact, sustainability and resilience through their activities as seri [...]
Insurers and reinsurers in a quandary over riot, looting, terrorism and war
The lashing that non-life insurers and reinsurers received in 2020 and 2021 looks set to continue into 2022, with an ongoing slew of high value claims [...]
Banks and insurers benefit as country rating improves; SSA ratings outlook upbeat too
South African banks and insurers are riding a wave of renewed confidence following the recent S&P Global Ratings decision to revise the country’s [...]
Insurer resilience tested by civil unrest and pandemic shocks
Civil unrest and pandemic were the standout insurance events discussed in the 2022 Financial Sector Outlook Study; a report compiled by Genesis Analyt [...]
Rising inequality impacting negatively on insurance protection, warns Swiss Re
A new study by the Swiss Re Institute warns that rising inequality in advanced markets exacted a $252bn toll on insurance protection in 2019, making h [...]