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.
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 [...]
An Africa-first approach to reinsurance
Climate change, digitalisation and infrastructure are among the trends that will define the Africa risk environment during the coming decade. These tr [...]
Tech adoption will turn around Africa’s lacklustre insurance penetration experience
The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is underpinned by new technologies that will enable Africa-based insurers to turn around the lacklustre insuran [...]
South Africa’s non-life insurance association makes double pledge to sustainability
The South African Insurance Association (SAIA) has underlined its commitment to sustainable insurance by signing on the dotted line, twice. Already a [...]
VIDEO: SAIA heralds the importance of the Nairobi Declaration
Pamela Ramagaga of the South African Insurance Association talks to Gareth Stokes about signing the Nairobi Declaration and how an industry associatio [...]
Digitally enabled customers at the heart of end-to-end insurance solutions
Insurance brokers, insurers and reinsurers plying their trade in Africa must develop and implement digital customer engagement strategies to address p [...]
Dirty business: Fossil fuel economies face an impact-investing strangle
There are growing concerns that the trend toward impact and sustainable investing could throttle entire emerging-market industries as allocators of ca [...]