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).

Africa’s insurers, reinsurers ready to embrace AI, but fear of unintended consequences abound
The majority of Africa’s insurance and reinsurance leaders would consider replacing some of the underwriting roles with artificial intelligence (AI) t [...]

Unified transit bond system to boost capacity of local and regional insurers to retain more premiums on the continent
The recently launched unified transit bond system will boost the capacity of local and regional insurers to retain more premiums on the continent whil [...]

Better data sets could improve Africa’s risk profile and cut reinsurance costs
Better data sets can change the perception of the world about Africa’s risk levels and reward insurers through reduced reinsurance costs, Kenya Re [...]

De meilleurs ensembles de données pourraient améliorer le profil de risque de l’Afrique et réduire les coûts de réassurance
De meilleurs ensembles de données peuvent changer la perception du monde sur les niveaux de risque de l'Afrique et récompenser les assureurs en réduis [...]

Les assureurs africains doivent trouver un équilibre entre la performance technique et le rendement des investissements
Les compagnies d'assurance opérant en Afrique peuvent maintenir leur rentabilité grâce à des investissements judicieux dans un marché turbulent qui ré [...]

Africa insurers must balance between underwriting performance and investment returns
Insurance firms operating in Africa can sustain profitability through sound investments amid a turbulent underwriting market that is increasingly [...]

Africa insurers must evolve their models as risks become more intricate
As risks become more complex and unpredictable and consumers more empowered, particularly with generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools at their [...]

ZEP-RE souhaite approfondir et reproduire la couverture du bétail dans la Corne de l’Afrique et au-delà
ZEP-RE vise à étendre son assurance sécheresse soutenue par la Banque mondiale à d'autres pays de la Corne de l'Afrique, en s'appuyant sur les bonnes [...]

ZEP-RE eyes to deepen and replicate livestock cover in the Horn of Africa and beyond
ZEP-RE aims to expand its World Bank-backed drought insurance to additional countries within the Horn of Africa, building on the product’s strong [...]

Hope as bancassurance deepens share in Kenya’s insurance business
The share of bancassurance business in the gross written premiums (GWP) in Kenya has hit 10%, offering hope that the growing partnership between banks [...]
