Category: Risk Management
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 [...]
South Africa’s fraud epidemic deepens
South Africa is facing a deepening fraud and corruption crisis, with fresh data pointing to a surge in financial crime across sectors from banking an [...]
Recurring civil unrest and climate shocks demand insurance for Africa’s informal sector
Africa’s insurers must innovate targeted products to protect the informal sector from the growing wave of political violence and climate-related d [...]
South Africa’s insurers brace for climate stress testing amid rising weather risks
Insurers plying their trade in South Africa will soon be subject to a climate stress testing framework similar to that applied to the banking sector s [...]
Shrinking hail insurance deals blow to Zimbabwe’s climate resilience solutions
In 2018, heavy rains left small-scale tobacco farmers in Zvimba counting their losses after extensive crop damage. Similarly, a hailstorm in 2021 dest [...]
South Africa’s youth are dangerously unprepared for risk, warns IRMSA
In the aftermath of the catastrophic floods that struck the Eastern Cape province, claiming the lives of more than 98 South Africans, a powerful call [...]