Author: Patrick Alushula

Patrick Alushula is a senior business journalist with keen interest in insurance, banking, stock market, trade and sustainability. He is a multiple award-winning journalist including Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalist of the year (Continental Re, 2019 and 2025), 2023 Best Investigative Print Journalist (Media Council of Kenya) and 2018 Business Journalist of the year (MCK).

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Kenya’s insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries face higher annual fees

Kenya’s insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries face higher annual fees

Kenya’s insurers, reinsurers and intermediaries could soon pay more for annual licence renewals as the National Treasury moves to raise regulatory fee [...]
South Africa should fast-track execution of national transport strategies, urges Riskonet Africa

South Africa should fast-track execution of national transport strategies, urges Riskonet Africa

South Africa’s transport system is no longer just inefficient; it has become a national risk given the more than 15,000 motor vehicle and more than 10 [...]
Continental Re launches 11th edition of journalism awards

Continental Re launches 11th edition of journalism awards

Pan-African reinsurer, Continental Reinsurance Plc, has launched the 11th edition of Pan-African (Re)Insurance Journalism Awards. The awards ho [...]
Continental Re lance la 11e édition des prix du journalisme

Continental Re lance la 11e édition des prix du journalisme

Continental Reinsurance Plc a le plaisir d’annoncer l’ouverture des candidatures pour la 11e édition des Prix Panafricains du Journalisme en Réassuran [...]
African underwriters must embed forward-looking resilience in their risk management strategies

African underwriters must embed forward-looking resilience in their risk management strategies

African insurers and reinsurers should give resilience a forward-looking approach by not only responding to risks after they occur but also anticipati [...]
Kenya eyes tighter reinsurance rules to retain more premiums locally

Kenya eyes tighter reinsurance rules to retain more premiums locally

Kenya’s insurers will soon be required to increase the portion of business they must mandatorily place with the Kenya Reinsurance Corporation (Kenya R [...]
Managing wildfire risk as climate changes

Managing wildfire risk as climate changes

Indigenous peoples and local communities are among the world’s most effective forest stewards. Research continues to show that the lands they manage o [...]
Rising attacks push up fraud and cyber cover costs in Kenya, reflecting wider market trend

Rising attacks push up fraud and cyber cover costs in Kenya, reflecting wider market trend

Insurers in Kenya are raising premiums for fraud and cybersecurity cover as firms, especially in the country’s financial sector, grapple with surging [...]
Le contexte local est essentiel pour libérer le potentiel d’investissement de l’Afrique, souligne l’ATIDI

Le contexte local est essentiel pour libérer le potentiel d’investissement de l’Afrique, souligne l’ATIDI

Les gestionnaires de risques devraient guider les investisseurs afin qu'ils comprennent la diversité des contextes locaux des pays africains, plutôt q [...]
Local context key to unlocking Africa’s investment potential, stresses ATIDI

Local context key to unlocking Africa’s investment potential, stresses ATIDI

Risk managers should take the lead in guiding investors to understand the diverse local contexts of African countries instead of lumping it togeth [...]
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