Author: Nelson Mandela Muhoozi
Nelson Mandela Muhoozi is Ugandan mid-career multi-award-winning multimedia journalist at the state-owed New Vision, Uganda’s oldest newspaper. Having been in the Newsroom since 2017, Nelson has had keen interest in investigative journalism, covering global business and economy, insurance, agriculture, climate change and social justice. In 2023, Nelson won in the online category of the Pan African Reinsurance Journalism Awards at the 8th Continental Re CEO Summit in March 2023. In 2023, he also won the Insurance Media Personality of the year award in Uganda at the Insurance Innovations Awards which were organised by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA).
Uganda Insurance Regulatory Authority urges agents to sell more microinsurance solutions
Insurance agents should be selling more microinsurance solutions, suggested Bernard Obel, director of supervision at the Insurance Regulatory Authorit [...]
IRA concerned by increasing insurance fraud in the sector
Insurance fraud is continuing to rise in Uganda, causing mounting concern at the insurance regulator’s office.
Sande Protazio, director of planning [...]
Uganda medical insurance loss ratio remaining consistently high, warns regulator
Despite its growth and notable potential, formal medical insurance in Uganda is still grappling with challenges.
A first-ever study on formal medic [...]
Ugandan insurers launch insurance walk to tackle lifestyle diseases
On average Ugandans make five outpatient visits in a year to the hospital, with on average each visit costing about sh100,000 ($26).
Ernest Magezi [...]
East African insurance industry supervisors push for policy harmonisation to boost penetration
Supervisors of the insurance industry in the East African Community (EAC) member states have pledged to work together towards achieving a one and harm [...]