Category: Risk Management
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 [...]
International contractors warned to tread carefully on South African construction contracts
As South Africa positions its engineering and construction sectors to attract increased foreign investment, international contractors must be mindful [...]
Africa’s insurers must be future fit as climate change intensifies catastrophic events
With natural catastrophes increasing in both frequency and severity across the world, Africa can no longer be seen as a “safe haven” for insurers look [...]
Climate resilience demands a rethink of reinsurance pricing and risk modelling
Recent droughts, floods, storms and wildfires confirm that extreme weather events are redrawing the risk landscape for businesses and households. Clim [...]
Cyber solutions meeting demand for protection from hacking gangs and data thieves
Insurers are facing a real uphill struggle in managing cyber risks, from quantifying the risk to properly pricing it and then paying the claims when t [...]
Protecting integrity defenders must become a national priority for South Africa, ACFE warns
South Africa has reached a point where corruption is no longer a matter of misallocated budgets or inflated invoices. It has become a threat to person [...]