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.
Catastrophe losses spike as global temperatures edge higher
The latest natural catastrophe statistics may not silence the occasional crackpot climate change denialist; but they go far enough to convince the rat [...]
CCMA upholds decision to fire the unvaccinated
The right of an employer to fire an employee for refusing to comply with Covid-19 vaccine mandates in South Africa has been boosted by a January 2021 [...]
SARB quick to hike interest rates as inflation worries mount
Insurers may be interested to note that the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has confirmed its willingness to target rising inflation, despite the ec [...]
Pandemic year one: SA insurers confirm 23.3% spike in fully underwritten life policy claims
South Africa-based life insurers have confirmed paying more than ZAR20.6bn against fully underwritten individual life policies in 2020, offering the l [...]
Just transition – not as simple as climate activists claim
As the curtains draw on the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, there are growing concerns over the capacity of individual country markets to a [...]
Partnerships central to Africa’s adaptation and resilience response
Partnerships between governments, institutions and the private sector will prove crucial in formulating Africa’s adaptation and resilience response to [...]
The ‘yam’ phone: putting the brakes on insurance penetration in Africa
Poor consumer tech literacy, low technology penetration and low disposable incomes are three challenges facing insurance brokers, insurers and reinsur [...]
SASRIA to receive top-up funding from South African government
South Africa’s National Treasury has confirmed an additional ZAR11bn lifeline for the state-owned special risks insurer, Sasria SOC Limited (Sasria). [...]
Digital solutions assist in recalibrating insurance risk
Global insurers and reinsurers are leveraging technology to get closer to data, gain new insights into risk and recalibrate their traditional take on [...]
Digitalisation, professionalism and trust are standout features of sustainable insurance
Banks, insurers and insurance brokers that incorporate digitalisation, professionalism and trust into their operating models will dominate the Africa [...]