Author: Joan Kitanga
Insurers need to grab opportunity to have say in urban growth
Insurers may have a new chance to become involved in major infrastructure projects, as a Green Cities Initiative and Action Plan has been launched by [...]
Insurers face growing challenges from insurtechs
Insurers must explore new ways to build capabilities to meet the digital needs of customers as 'bigtechs' and non-traditional players enter the insura [...]
World Bank launches SSA resilience plan: opportunities for insurers
The World Bank has released a Next Generation Africa Climate Business Plan (NG-ACBP), to help sub-Saharan African economies achieve low-carbon and cli [...]
ESG set to transform energy sector
Climate change and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will transform the energy industry risk landscape, according to Willis Towers Wat [...]
More must be done on driving UN sustainable development goals forward
The insurance industry lacks a systematic mapping of sustainable products and services, warned the UN-PSI and Swiss Re at the fourth in their series o [...]
Insurers reacting fast as Covid-19 hits insurance sales hard
Some 64% of insurers have reported the value of premiums sold since the Covid-19 outbreak has plummeted, while 67% said they have seen declines in new [...]
Global resilience hit hard by Covid-19 pandemic, but insurance has key role for future
The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to reduce global macroeconomic resilience by about 20% in 2020 from 2019 levels, according to the latest annual Swis [...]
Tough competition is threatening African insurers’ sustainability
Players in the insurance sector have been urged to rethink their predatory pricing strategies as they are hampering the growth of the insurance sector [...]
ILRI to launch livestock insurance for Sahel and Horn of Africa
Nairobi-headquartered International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is launching an index-based livestock insurance for the Sahel and the Horn of [...]
Quality of data helping to deepen understanding of climate change impact
Improving data and a better understanding of that data is enabling a truer picture of climate change and its potential across Africa, heard delegates [...]