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.
EU funding in South Africa rekindles debate on Africa’s just energy transition path
As the debate on a just energy transition continues, the European Union’s (EU) latest investment package for South Africa (SA) starkly illustrates som [...]
Examining South Africa’s G20 standing through the lens of Africa Financial Markets Index
As the countdown to the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg enters its final two weeks, US President Donald Trump has again taken aim at the event’s h [...]
South Africa’s insurers confront the profitability-sustainability trade-off
The key to a successful insurance business is being able to balance short-term performance with long-term stability. To stand out from their peers, in [...]
Future-fit risk management fuels sustainable insurance and corporate profitability
A structured approach to risk management can deliver cost savings and resource optimisation without undermining the long-term sustainability of the in [...]
Collaboration and sustainability emerging as the new frontier in risk management
Africa’s insurers and reinsurers are not the only entities seeking to make sense of risk exposures in an uncertain and volatile world.
They are [...]
La collaboration et la durabilité apparaissent comme la nouvelle frontière de la gestion des risques
Les assureurs et réassureurs africains ne sont pas les seuls à chercher à mieux comprendre les expositions aux risques dans un monde incertain et vola [...]
Geopolitical shifts demand greater attention from Africa’s underwriters
The convergence of geopolitics with traditional risk drivers is reshaping distribution and underwriting decisions across Africa, adding to the com [...]
Les changements géopolitiques exigent une plus grande attention de la part des souscripteurs africains
La convergence entre la géopolitique et les facteurs de risque traditionnels refaçonne les décisions en matière de distribution et de souscription à t [...]
Resilience is the new watchword for Africa’s short-term insurers
Insurers, reinsurers and other stakeholders in the risk management value chain must move beyond responding to loss events to building resilience throu [...]
Climate resilience demands a rethink of reinsurance pricing and risk modelling
Recent droughts, floods, storms and wildfires confirm that extreme weather events are redrawing the risk landscape for businesses and households. Clim [...]