Author: Patrick Alushula
Kenya Re backs COMESA digital drive for regional third-party motor liability cover
The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) is lining up digital reforms to strengthen its Yellow Card motor insurance scheme aimed at [...]
Local capacity comes under focus as Kenya tightens rules on offshore reinsurance
Kenya’s insurance regulator is tightening oversight of reinsurance placements for 2027, putting greater emphasis on local capacity and requiring insur [...]
Climate reporting rules add to Africa insurers’ rising cost of measuring risk
Africa's insurance industry has spent years investing in systems, data, actuarial expertise and reporting capabilities to meet increasingly demand [...]
Les règles de reporting climatique alourdissent le coût croissant de la mesure des risques pour les assureurs africains
Le secteur de l’assurance a passé des années à investir dans des systèmes, des données, une expertise actuarielle et des capacités de reporting afin d [...]
Africa’s next climate-risk challenge is putting a number on it
The struggle by many Kenyan companies to put a financial and operational number on climate risk is emerging as a new test for insurers and risk manage [...]
Super El Niño warnings raise urgency for collaborative African risk management efforts
Warnings that the 2026/27 El Niño could become one of the strongest on record are sharpening the focus on how Africa can prepare for a climate shock t [...]
African insurers on notice as AI tests cyber insurance boundaries in the West
The increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Western markets is testing the boundaries of cyber insurance, forcing insurers to reconside [...]
Kenya’s medical insurers rethink portfolios as they pursue sustainable underwriting
Kenya’s medical insurers are putting quality ahead of quantity as they reshape portfolios to support more sustainable covers by either exiting persist [...]
Life covers gain momentum as Kenyans prioritise long-term security
A growing focus on long-term financial security is reshaping Kenya’s insurance market, with life cover increasingly driving premium growth.
The cou [...]
Kenya’s College of Insurance eyes bigger role as Africa’s insurance industry evolves
Kenya’s College of Insurance is entering a new phase of growth aimed at building on a decade of transformation that has expanded its training portfoli [...]