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.
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 [...]
Global insurance industry picks up the net-zero refrain
The insurance and reinsurance sectors will play a significant role in transitioning the global economy to its ambitious net-zero carbon emissions goal [...]
The anatomy of a civil commotion
South Africa Inc is tallying up the costs of a four-day looting spree that has affected all manner of business in areas in and around Durban and Johan [...]
Impact investing non-negotiable to meet Africa’s tough sustainable development goals
Insurers, reinsurers and risk managers must pay close attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors for the industry to do its part [...]
VIDEO: The importance of climate change commitments
Malvern Chirume, chief underwriting officer at Africa Risk Capacity, discusses the importance of committing to the new Nairobi Declaration with Gareth [...]