Author: John Mungabe
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 [...]
Willis launches hail risk model for South Africa
Willis Re has launched a new hail catastrophe risk model to quantify the risk from damaging hail events across South Africa.
The broker said the mo [...]
Boost for microinsurance from African Development Bank
African women will be able to access microinsurance more easily thanks to a grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for research that will incr [...]
Sanlam Namibia encourages young people to launch businesses
Sanlam has opened its entrepreneurial support programme, Sanlam Bridge. The programme is a launchpad for Namibia’s future business leaders who have in [...]