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.
South Africa’s Santam demonstrates resilience amid rising extreme weather risks
As the frequency and severity of extreme weather events rise, Africa’s general insurers are turning to the risk management and underwriting tools avai [...]
Risk awareness critical for insurers’, reinsurers’ sustainability, stresses AGCS
A clear view of the evolving risk landscape and a fluid approach to operational and underwriting decision making are critical for the long-term sustai [...]
Africa’s large asset managers up the ante on responsible investing, sustainability
Responsible investing is one of six major local and global asset management themes that South Africa’s large asset managers are keeping an eye on this [...]
Data drives Africa’s response to flood catastrophe, as climate-related losses soar
Drought and flood will dominate Africa’s natural catastrophe landscape, especially as the so-called El Niño weather phenomena gathers strength into 20 [...]
Truth under fire as misinformation climbs 2024 global risks ranking
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Insurers, reinsurers and risk management professionals who depend on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Gl [...]
La vérité sous le feu des critiques alors que la désinformation grimpe dans le classement des risques mondiaux en 2024
Les assureurs, réassureurs et professionnels de la gestion des risques qui dépendent du rapport sur les risques mondiaux 2024 du Forum économique mond [...]
The uncomfortable realities of net-zero and Africa’s energy transition
The requirement to deliver environmental and social impact through investing is forcing allocators of capital – including asset managers, banks, insur [...]
Immediacy of natural catastrophe demotes climate change on 2024 risk ranking
Cyber incidents, business interruption (BI) and macroeconomic developments are the top three risks facing businesses in Africa and the Middle East ent [...]
Oh, so quiet: COP28’s ‘soft landing’ in Dubai
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Those expecting fireworks and razzmatazz aplenty to coincide with the United National Climate Change [...]
Oh, si calme : « l’atterrissage en douceur » de la COP28 à Dubaï
Ceux qui s’attendent à ce que feux d’artifice et effervescence riment avec la Conférence nationale des Nations Unies sur les changements climatiques, [...]