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.
Flood risk rising across Africa – insurers need to measure up
Climate change is a hot topic at the moment, with global leaders descending on Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss climate-related matters at COP26, the 202 [...]
Climate change and net-zero emissions in the spotlight at COP26
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) got off to a rocky start following mixed messages from preliminary discussions at the G20 Summit [...]
Underwriting facility set to energise geothermal development in Kenya and Ethiopia
FSD Africa, in partnership with Parhelion, a UK-based specialist energy and climate risk finance advisory company, is planning to launch a first-of-it [...]
Fake oil spills send sustainability warning to global insurance heavyweights
On 29 October 2021, protesters taking part in the global Defund Climate Chaos protests spilled 1,000 litres of fake oil on the doorsteps of two insura [...]
Resilience and sustainability ‘top of mind’ as insurers reassess global risks
Insurers and reinsurers must find innovative ways to identify, mitigate and transfer the risks associated with climate, cybercrime, pandemic and socia [...]
Resilient reinstatement: insurers explore ways to achieve net zero
The general insurance industry will have to reinvent its coverages and operating models to make a more meaningful contribution to reducing global carb [...]
South African courts imposes 18-month indemnity period to Covid-19 BI claims
Santam, South Africa’s largest general insurer, has been instructed by the country's Supreme Court of Appeals (SCA) to apply an 18-month indemnity per [...]
Special risks insurer flounders after civil commotion broadside
The ZAR20bn (and rising) damages claims following widespread civil unrest in South Africa could tarnish Sasria SOC’s record as one of the country’s be [...]
Compliance experts warn against viewing climate change as a silo
The days of viewing climate change as a silo on the broader environmental, social and governance (ESG) landscape are over, with most compliance and ri [...]
The human side of disaster
The human side of the Covid-19 disaster is on open display as countries assess the impact of the pandemic on the lives and livelihoods of their citize [...]