Author: John Mungabe
New agricultural insurance programme launched for Madagascar farmers
Madagascar's farmers stand to build stronger climate resilience, increase productivity and more easily access financial services thanks to a new agric [...]
African Risk Capacity launches first annual report as it expands its horizons in 2021
African Risk Capacity (ARC) has launched its first annual report, outlining its work for the past six years across Africa and outlining its plans to e [...]
Kenya’s President warns of Covid-19 impact on climate change risks
As leader of what would have been the host country of the UN PSI’s fourth Africa Market Event, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has said the Covid-19 p [...]
Covid-19 continues to take its toll on African insurance events
Two major events in the African insurance market calendar have been moved as a consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions [...]
New climate diagnostic tool launched by WTW
Willis Towers Watson has launched Climate Diagnostic, a global modelling tool that uses advanced data and analytics to demonstrate changes in acute ha [...]
African insurers must digitalise to win customers
Africa’s insurance industry lags way behind telcos in terms of penetration across African markets, because it has been unwilling to leave traditional [...]
Businesses turning from board to external experts
As the Covid-19 pandemic places unprecedented demand on the global economy, businesses are increasingly turning away from their board and peers when i [...]
RMS launches climate change models
Catastrophe risk solutions company RMS is to launch a new suite of climate change models to help customers assess the near- and long-term impacts of c [...]
New head for F&I Insurance
Donovan Harvey, a financial management specialist and WITS MBA graduate, has been appointed managing director of South Africa-based F&I Insurance. [...]
Hollard Cigna Healthcare has signed DRC partnership
Hollard Cigna Healthcare has agreed a strategic partnership with Société Financière d’Assurance (SFA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Wi [...]