Category: Risk Management
Lagos construction failures in spotlight during insurance training programme
Recent building collapses across Africa and particularly in Lagos were explored in a recent training event held in the city.
The session on Nigeria [...]
Finding clarity in AI regulations: a risk management perspective
The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has kicked off an era of unprecedented technological innovation with the market value of AI projected to r [...]
Insurance at an inflection point, says Moody’s
Insurance is designed to give people and companies peace of mind that they’re prepared and financially protected should catastrophe strike. In a funct [...]
IRM to make maiden board visit to Kenya, empowering risk management education across Africa
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) is embarking on a significant milestone in its globalisation strategy with a forthcoming board visit to Kenya. [...]
Funding for Africa remains too short, warns AfDB president
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has emphasised the critical need for significantly increased financing to meet the [...]
Zimbabwean actuarial consultancy firm teams up with South Africa credit insurer to cover Zimbabwe-bound exports
Zimbabwean actuarial consultancy firm Invent Multiple Agents & Actuaries (Invent) has teamed up with South Africa’s credit insurer, Asset Finance [...]
Preparing for heightened Middle East tensions
As we enter the second quarter of 2024, one of the most significant geopolitical crises in recent memory is unfolding in the Middle East. Businesses f [...]
Europeans agree on major corporate sustainability law set to benefit African communities
Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted 374 to 235 to adopt a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), a key piece of legislation [...]
Good and bad news for Africa from the IMF
Incomes in Sub-Saharan Africa are falling further behind the rest of the world amid a "tepid" economic recovery, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) [...]
Insurers back geolocation data to mitigate extreme weather exposures
Extreme weather events linked to climate change remain at or near the top of the risk tables that non-life insurers and reinsurers must navigate in or [...]