Category: Sustainability
Ransomware: four strategies for businesses to stay ahead of extortionists
Jayan Perera, a director leading Control Risks’ cyber consulting and response business in Africa and Europe, gives the market some advice on keeping c [...]
ARC and Lesotho sign MoU on disaster risk management
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the government of Lesotho have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to address persistent climate risk [...]
Insurers have golden opportunity to back Nigerian growth
Nigeria could realise its growth potential with greater connections between private and public enterprises, backed by insurance.
According to a new [...]
M-TIBA and Britam sign deal on health insurance
M-TIBA and Britam have agreed a new partnership to develop digital products to increase health insurance market penetration in Kenya.
The partnersh [...]
Brokerslink builds presence to 33 African countries
Intermediary network Brokerslink has announced the addition of Eswatini based Ensure Insurance Brokers (Ensure) to its international group, bringing i [...]
Governance key to disaster preparedness
This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was all about governance, according to the UN.
It said: “You can measure good disaster ri [...]
Economics worse than Covid-19 for many sub-Saharan Africa countries
In a warning for insurers looking to build their business back after Covid-19, a new report stresses that an unprecedented economic contraction has im [...]
Tough times ahead for South African insurance markets
South African insurers, reinsurers and risk managers are facing 11 market influences, which include: an escalation of cyber risk; the intensification [...]
International discussions underway on pandemic pool solutions
International discussions are underway on how future pandemic risks can be shared between the public and the private sector, according to the secretar [...]
South African insurer makes first donations as business model works
South Africa-based insurtech Naked Insurance has illustrated the mindshift taking place in insurer-customer interactions by handing over ZAR250,000 in [...]