Category: Risk Management
Sustainable insurance hinges on better data and pricing discipline as risks evolve
The risks keep evolving and 2026 has started with the whole gamut, with events across the world highlighting the need for sustainable and affordab [...]
Pools could unlock Africa’s capacity to insure complex risks
Africa boasts some 78 insurance pools across the continent out of a global total of 451, delegates at the 52nd general assembly of the Africa Insuranc [...]
Everyone must prepare for diseases like Ebola well ahead of time, warns Hydrachem
As health agencies respond to the current Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, a UK manufacturer supplying water purification products for direct distrib [...]
Concern growing about geopolitical risks among directors and officers, warns Willis
More than half of directors and officers now consider geopolitical risks to be very or extremely important to their organisation.
The latest direct [...]
Poor waste management fuelling flooding across Nigerian cities
As torrential rains continue to batter major cities across Nigeria, concerns are mounting about the worsening flood crisis driven not only by climate [...]
Joburg power threat turns municipal collapse into immediate business risk, warns Riskonet
Johannesburg businesses can no longer treat municipal dysfunction as a service delivery problem outside their control, with Eskom’s threat to interrup [...]
Shifting trade patterns forcing CEOs to rethink strategies, says McKinsey
After several years of intense geopolitical volatility, it’s clear that multinational corporations (MNCs) have entered a new era. Growing regional rea [...]
AI takes centre stage in Africa’s war on insurance fraud amid faster claims processing
As insurers operating in Africa embed artificial intelligence (AI) in their underwriting processes, faster claims processing and tighter fraud con [...]
Marine insurance emerges as Uganda’s new frontline in cargo trade
Marine insurance is moving from the margins of Uganda’s import business to the centre of the country’s trade conversation as pressure grows on cargo o [...]
Fuel cost increases hit small business and freight companies as SA unemployment reaches32.7%
South Africa’s May fuel adjustment has raised the cost of earning income for workers and small operators who pay petrol or diesel before receiving rev [...]