Category: Risk Management
Insurers could improve internal modelling of natcats, suggests Aon survey
Almost half of insurers do not license catastrophe models and only 27% have dedicated model evaluation teams, potentially limiting their insights and [...]
Opinion: How UK businesses expanding into Africa can balance risk and opportunity
An increasing number of UK businesses are identifying Africa as a strategic growth frontier. This comes with both opportunities and risks.
Muibat I [...]
Parametric cover best suited to address agricultural risk in Africa, suggests Africa Risk Capacity expert
Zeynab Cissé is business development lead western and central Africa at Africa Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd), one of two entities of the ARC Gro [...]
Black swans are turning grey: outdated risk models threaten SA’s economic recovery
South African companies are sleepwalking into the next crisis, stuck in outdated risk rituals while global volatility accelerates. That was the blunt [...]
South Africa’s risk profile shifting rapidly, IRMSA warns in landmark report
South Africa is entering a phase of escalating risk, as institutional fragility, governance failures and energy insecurity increasingly threaten the c [...]
VIDEO: Insurance Matters: The future of leadership
As part of the series of podcasts and videos from Continental Reinsurance, a thought-provoking session with speaker William Mzimba, on b [...]
Zimbabwe approves marine insurance domestication rules to avert capital flight
Zimbabwean insurance firms are expecting a surge in marine insurance business after the government issued a statutory instrument for domestication of [...]
Opinion: What South Africa’s subrogation shake-up means for indemnity insurance
Subrogation usually hums quietly in the background of an indemnity policy. That was until a recent South African judgment of the Cape Town high court [...]
Insurance particularly vulnerable to AI threats, claims new research
New research suggests financial services and insurance companies are at particular risk from artificial intelligence (AI) after finding that almost al [...]
Africa set for growth as UK businesses look for new opportunities
UK business leaders are increasingly looking to Africa as a key market for long-term growth, driven by structural reforms, demographic momentum and ra [...]