Author: John Mungabe
SSI updates sustainable roadmap for shipping
The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has launched an updated Roadmap to a Sustainable Shipping Industry, a resource for stakeholders across the s [...]
African insurers expecting further uncertainty
Remaining resilient and able to sustain Africa’s insurance markets has been an exceptional challenge in the Covid-19 environment, according to reinsur [...]
Africa’s farmers need insurance and finance support to tackle climate change
Only 1.7% of climate finance, a fraction of what is needed, goes to small-scale farmers in developing countries, despite their disproportionate vulner [...]
New model should help monitor severe storm risk
Broker Aon has announced an expansion of its collaboration with Athenium Analytics to build enhanced modelling capabilities for severe convective stor [...]
Numbers reveal cost of pandemic on African insurers
As insurance authorities across the continent report the latest figures from the insurance sector, it is clear that the Covid-19 pandemic has cost the [...]
Resilience key to surviving post-pandemic environment
Looking at the current Covid-19 environment, Toavina Ramamonjiarisoa (pictured above), African Trade Insurance Agency’s acting/interim CEO, has warned [...]
Ransomware: four strategies for businesses to stay ahead of extortionists
Jayan Perera, a director leading Control Risks’ cyber consulting and response business in Africa and Europe, gives the market some advice on keeping c [...]
Insurers have opportunity to encourage ESG agenda in African mining community
African mining companies should use ESG issues to ensure their survival in a post-Covid world, according to Matthew Burnell, local partner at White &a [...]
Cyber insurance market crucial part of resilience
The importance of cybersecurity and cyber risk mitigation is starkly illustrated by the rising cost to firms in dealing with data breaches. Global inf [...]
Insurance media awards open for sixth year
Business journalists from across Africa are invited to submit, within the next three months, entries for the sixth edition of the Pan-African Re/Insur [...]