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.
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 [...]
African firms must internalise ESG strategies to build trust and ensure long-term sustainability, says PwC
Firms conducting trade in Africa must develop and implement environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies to avail of the business growth and [...]
Top insurance brands team up to expand reach across Africa
The big insurance story for the week ending 6 May 2022 was the joint venture (JV) announced by two major insurance brands, Allianz and Sanlam. In a me [...]
Adapt or die, warns global ratings agency
The impacts from physical climate risk are growing and projected to get worse between now and 2050 unless the world makes serious inroads on its adapt [...]
South African insurers facing significant losses as floods devastate KwaZulu-Natal
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The catastrophe threat to SA’s just transition
The South African government could face tough challenges to meet its ambitious environmental and social targets due to the economic drag caused by sig [...]
Solvency regulation keeps SA life insurers on a sustainable path
South Africa’s comprehensive Solvency Assessment and Management (SAM) regime, which carries through in the Prudential Standards for Financial Institut [...]
SA bond market has a role to play in sustainable asset allocation
Asset managers and other financial institutions are increasingly turning to the South African bond market to improve their environmental, social and g [...]
Africa’s largest stock exchanges are leading the way on sustainable disclosures
Private financial institutions such as stock exchanges will prove influential in steering African economies towards the tough climate change targets a [...]