Author: John Mungabe
Fifty-two different ESG risks across 198 countries to be identified by new Verisk Maplecroft analytics tool
Verisk Maplecroft has launched Industry Risk Analytics to provide companies, insurers and financial institutions with a new geospatial risk solution t [...]
Ugandan insurers paying out on more claims as market grows
Claims payment is critical to the insurance value chain as it makes insurance tangible – that was the message form the Insurance Regulatory Authority [...]
Insurers should be watching as Africa-China relations strengthen
Africa-China relations are moving into a new phase, suggests a new report – something which insurers should be watching carefully as shifts in local e [...]
Fears grow South African protests may turn violent, warns Dragonfly
As increasingly frequent protests break out in South Africa, experts are warning insurers that events may turn violent later in the year.
Thomas Mu [...]
Insurance market set for strong growth through 2022 and 2023, says Swiss Re
Strong global insurance market growth in 2022 and 2023 with total premium volumes expected to rise above US$7trn in nominal terms for the first time e [...]
Sustainable infrastructure projects key to ending South Africa’s poverty
Investment into impactful, resilient and sustainable infrastructure projects stands out as the most effective weapon against South Africa’s triple thr [...]
Africa Ahead: the Sustainability Challenge adds more to CPD offering
Continuing professional development (CPD) is now available for all members of the Institute of Risk Management (IRM) across Africa, through Africa Ahe [...]
ESG rises to the top of the annual Sanlam Benchmark Survey
ESG is attracting increased focus, according to the latest Sanlam Benchmark Survey – an annual body of research into the state of retirement funds and [...]
Organisations need to prepare as South African reserve bank predicts a perfect storm of risk factors, warns Riskonet
Risk management consultancy Riskonet has expressed concern over the country’s macro-risk status following the South African Reserve Bank’s latest fina [...]
Willie Lategan succeeds Saks Ntombela as Hollard Group CEO
The Hollard Insurance Group has announced that Willie Lategan, former group CFO and currently CEO of Hollard’s short-term insurance arm, will take ove [...]