Category: Risk Management

Companies fear food chain under increasing threat, warns Willis
Fears over food safety and health have risen sharply, with almost half of companies (45%) naming this among their biggest risks, up from 29% in 2024, [...]

Small wind turbines could revolutionise electricty supply in rural Africa, suggests WRI
Lilyana Gabrielse, clean energy research analyst, US Polsky Energy Center, and Vaisakh Suresh Kumar, project associate, energy programme, India, at the World Resources Institute July 9, 2026
Much of the conversation around wind power often focuses on large-scale utility wind farms that provide energy to power grids deployed across cities, [...]

Boards warned AI is already creating new risk
South African boards that fail to govern artificial intelligence (AI) are not choosing caution, they are choosing risk, warns Ronelle Kleyn, CEO of Fl [...]

MGAs warned to improve governance around AI in new paper
Managing general agents have been urged to establish formal artificial intelligence (AI) governance frameworks before growing operational, cyber and r [...]

Geopolitical shocks elevate trade credit insurance as Africa’s trade resilience tool
African businesses need little reminder of the disruption caused to supply routes and cross-border trade by geopolitics and war. At any time, ther [...]

Zimbabwe motor insurers rethink risk as claims costs outpace premiums
Zimbabwe's motor insurers are coming under increasing pressure to innovate as rising claims costs, particularly on older vehicles, continue to strain [...]

South Africa’s extensive autumn flooding analysed by JBA
Successive low-pressure systems brought destructive flooding, landslides and damaging winds to large parts of South Africa during May 2026, causing fa [...]

ESG-driven models could boost insurers’ resilience to future shocks
As climate-related disasters grow in frequency and severity across the globe, insurance companies are increasingly embracing Environmental, Social, an [...]

Why Africa’s insurers must rethink how they choose reinsurance solutions
For insurers, reinsurance is a necessary backstop. They use reinsurance to transfer risk, stabilise earnings and protect capital. The place of rei [...]

Carbon credit insurance rises amid scrutiny of Africa’s offset market
Carbon insurance is emerging as a growing niche in global climate finance. Insurers and reinsurers are beginning to price risks linked to the reliabil [...]
