Category: Risk Management
Infrastructure resilience must be highlighted as water, waste treatment and power failures hit urban economy
As the South African government prepares to deliver its State of the Nation Address, mounting failures in electricity, waste treatment and water infra [...]
Insurers committed to climate action, according to ClimateWise report
The global insurance industry is demonstrating a strong commitment to climate action, according to the 2025 ClimateWise Principles Independent Review. [...]
Kenya draws foreign capital as insurers and banks expand east for growth
Kenya has emerged as one of Africa’s most attractive insurance and banking frontiers, drawing increasing interest from foreign players seeking growth [...]
Opinion: Political risk insurance could encourage more investments into developing countries
ENS Africa, one of Africa’s largest law firms, explains why and how political risk insurance (PRI) could drive more investment into developing countri [...]
Companies struggling to get payments, warns Allianz Trade
Global collection complexity, the assessment of how easy it is for companies to collect unpaid invoices, stands at a ‘High’ level of 47.2 out of 100, [...]
Geopolitics dominating world’s risks, says WEF
Geoeconomic confrontation is the top global risk, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual risk report.
The WEF Global Risks Report [...]
AI-driven attacks are the greatest emerging risks to business, warns AXIS
AI-driven attacks are viewed as the greatest emerging cyber threat to organisations, according to a new survey.
AXIS Capital Holdings has released [...]
Reinsurers weigh climate change against human and infrastructure factors amid rising losses
Global reinsurers are content presenting their 2025 natural catastrophe loss reports with a climate change backdrop, despite one of the year’s costlie [...]
Raft of MGAs launch Africa-focused operations amid regulatory gaps
January 1 has seen a number of new managing general agents (MGAs) launch with a specific focus on Africa.
To date, MGAs have barely featured in the [...]
CIMA Zone: AI investment now key to insurers’ future competitiveness
Certified as an AI builder, AI specialist and AI master and founder of the SYSTINFO consultancy, Boukary Ouedraogo has a career at the crossroads [...]