Category: Risk Management
Disaster preparedness rising to the fore as climate risks grow, reports Centre for Disaster Protection
Droughts, floods, storms, earthquakes and disease outbreaks are hitting more often and with greater force, warns the Centre for Disaster Protection (C [...]
Rising attacks push up fraud and cyber cover costs in Kenya, reflecting wider market trend
Insurers in Kenya are raising premiums for fraud and cybersecurity cover as firms, especially in the country’s financial sector, grapple with surging [...]
Senegal bids to give business confidence with new law
Senegal’s National Assembly has passed the bill establishing the 2025 Investment Code, reaffirming Senegal’s commitment to modernising its legal and i [...]
Reinsurance renewal season in full swing with global picture looking better for insurers
With the Monte Carlo Rendezvous just a few days behind us and with the Baden-Baden meeting to come, attention has firmly turned to the key 1/1 ren [...]
Resilience is the new watchword for Africa’s short-term insurers
Insurers, reinsurers and other stakeholders in the risk management value chain must move beyond responding to loss events to building resilience throu [...]
Zimbabwe’s aviation insurance revenue shrinks amid limited market players
Zimbabwe’s aviation insurance sector is grappling with shrinking revenue, a trend industry insiders attribute to a limited pool of market players and [...]
How insurance delivered Africa’s largest hydro-electric dam
The recently inaugurated Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as Africa’s largest hydropower project is not only a feat of engineering and diplomacy [...]
Africa needs to leverage fund for responding to loss and damage to enhance resilience of its cities
The issue of climate change and its associated impacts, especially on African cities, is a critical topic that demands urgent attention.
Every [...]
Strategic risk management is key to unlocking infrastructure investment in South Africa
Infrastructure projects must become more bankable, insurable and resilient within South Africa to attract much-needed private sector investment, warns [...]
Insurers softening energy pricing after years of tough market conditions, says Willis
After years of navigating tough market conditions, power companies are beginning to see relief with capacity returning and competition among insurers [...]