Category: Sustainability
Agriculture, health and motor on the agenda as Kenya Re bids to take words into action
Growing sustainably in challenging insurance sectors is never easy. However, a summit in Ivory Coast this November aims to take words into action and [...]
Changing market conduct laws in South Africa
Insurers and intermediaries of all kinds who conduct financial services business in or into South Africa must be alert to the imminent changes to the [...]
Flight delays: passengers stranded as compensation remains elusive
Despite existing aviation laws and insurance requirements, passengers affected by flight delays, cancellations and baggage problems often struggle to [...]
Local capacity comes under focus as Kenya tightens rules on offshore reinsurance
Kenya’s insurance regulator is tightening oversight of reinsurance placements for 2027, putting greater emphasis on local capacity and requiring insur [...]
ZEP-RE’s Hope Murera named as deputy chair at IDF
The steering committee of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) has appointed Hope Murera as its deputy chair.
As managing director and group CEO o [...]
VIDEO: NDSI surpasses 300 members and still growing
Philip Lopokoiyit, chair of the Nairobi Declaration of Sustainable Insurance (NDSI), talks to Liz Booth about recent developments for the NDSI and [...]
Climate reporting rules add to Africa insurers’ rising cost of measuring risk
Africa's insurance industry has spent years investing in systems, data, actuarial expertise and reporting capabilities to meet increasingly demand [...]
What global financial fragmentation means for Africa’s re/insurance market
The mainstream media is awash with stories about geopolitics and how protectionism, trade tariffs and war transmit to energy prices and inflation. [...]
Proposals for a regional insurance risk pool aired in Nairobi
A proposed regional insurance risk pool was among suggestions at the inaugural Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (CDRFI) Forum 2026 he [...]
Opinion: North Africa’s energy boom and what it means for (re)insurance market
The global insurance and reinsurance market should pay close attention to North Africa, with the region attracting increasing energy investment driven [...]