Category: Risk Management
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 [...]
Zimbabwe insurers’ missed State investment targets jeopardise development funding
Zimbabwe’s insurers are finding it hard to invest the minimum amount the government requires in approved assets like Treasury bonds, presenting a fund [...]
Opinion: How the recent ICJ climate change advisory could affect insurers and reinsurers
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) recently issued an advisory opinion on the obligation of states in respect of climate change. Rob Scott, exec [...]
Disaster risk financing must start with preparedness, not payouts, Riskonet Africa warns
As South Africa faces a rising tide of climate shocks, collapsing infrastructure and mounting insurance claims, the National Treasury’s new plan to ov [...]
Insurers could improve internal modelling of natcats, suggests Aon survey
Almost half of insurers do not license catastrophe models and only 27% have dedicated model evaluation teams, potentially limiting their insights and [...]
Opinion: How UK businesses expanding into Africa can balance risk and opportunity
An increasing number of UK businesses are identifying Africa as a strategic growth frontier. This comes with both opportunities and risks.
Muibat I [...]
Parametric cover best suited to address agricultural risk in Africa, suggests Africa Risk Capacity expert
Zeynab Cissé is business development lead western and central Africa at Africa Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), one of two entities of the ARC Gro [...]
Black swans are turning grey: outdated risk models threaten SA’s economic recovery
South African companies are sleepwalking into the next crisis, stuck in outdated risk rituals while global volatility accelerates. That was the blunt [...]
South Africa’s risk profile shifting rapidly, IRMSA warns in landmark report
South Africa is entering a phase of escalating risk, as institutional fragility, governance failures and energy insecurity increasingly threaten the c [...]
VIDEO: Insurance Matters: The future of leadership
As part of the series of podcasts and videos from Continental Reinsurance, a thought-provoking session with speaker William Mzimba, on b [...]