Author: Joan Kitanga
Better data on health set to help insurers
In a move that could help insurers with better data around health, telecommunication company Safaricom has partnered with Nakuru County to improve hea [...]
Energy transition likely to fuel unrest, warns Verisk Maplecroft
Algeria, Iraq and Nigeria will be among the first casualties of a slow-motion wave of political instability that will engulf an array of oil-producing [...]
Insurers urged to improve understanding of climate risk
Global insurance regulators are encouraging the industry to improve its understanding and management of the financial risks associated with climate ch [...]
ATI signs deal to link Africa and UAE
The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) and Etihad Export Credit Insurance Company PJSC (ECI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on mutu [...]
Kenyan regulator starts payments for failed insurers
The Kenyan Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has started making a KSH250,000 payout to policyholders and beneficiaries of collapsed insurers, accor [...]
Minet Kenya named as best business insurance broker
Insurance broker Minet Kenya has been named as the overall best insurance broker of the year for 2020, during the Think Business Insurance Awards.
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Kenyan insurer moves towards virtual model
Medical provider AAR Insurance Kenya has launched a new mobile app as part of what it says is a strategy to become a branchless and paperless insurer. [...]
Covid-19 and ESG driving resource nationalism
In the last year alone, 34 countries witnessed a significant increase in resource nationalism, according to the latest research from Verisk Maplecroft [...]
Covid-19 and sustainability likely to top insurance agenda for 2021
Covid-19 will be by far and away the most important theme in insurance throughout 2021, but sustainability will continue to be an essential long-term [...]
Climate change: differing risks to both sides of insurers’ balance sheets
Insurers are facing differing physical and transition risks from climate change, according to a new report.
Climate Risk Assessment for the Insuran [...]