Author: Joan Kitanga
Small businesses in Kenya to receive post-Covid payout
More than 250,000 micro, small and medium-sezed enterprises (MSMEs) in Kenya are to benefit from improved access to finance after being severely impac [...]
Kenyan farmers receive KSH12m insurance payout
Kenyan insurer APA Insurance has made a KSH12m initial insurance payout to farmers in Nandi for losses incurred during the 2021 season.
APA Insuran [...]
Growth for new African underwriting agency with focus on resilience
African specialist underwriting agency, Neema Insurance Managing Agency, has just celebrated its first year in business, expanding its footprint into [...]
ATI gets $56m backing for renewable energy projects across Africa
African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) is to receive funding to the tune of NOK500m (approximately US$56m), from the Norwegian Agency for Development Co [...]
Nigerian insurer extends agri-insurance policy to improve farming resilience
One of Nigeria’s leading insurers has extended its existing agriculture cover to protect farmers whose crops are destroyed by cattle encroaching onto [...]
Equity Group venturing into the insurance business
A licence has been issued to Equity Life Assurance (Kenya) (ELAK) to provide life insurance solutions to an underserved market and contribute towards [...]
ATI backs solar plant in Malawi
In line with its strategy to address the gap in Africa’s renewable energy sector, the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has supported the financing [...]
Organisations globally signing up to UN’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance
From just a small group in 2012, 200 organisations have now joined the UN Environment Programme’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI).
As 20 [...]
Insurance industry adoption of ESG driven by long-term climate change
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices have become more than a buzzword, with businesses across all market sectors, including the insura [...]
New drive to bring banks and insurers together on sustainability agenda
Hot on the heels of COP26 and at a critical juncture between crisis and recovery across society, business and the environment, the UNEP FI Leadership [...]