Category: Diving Deeper
Nigerian insurers battle multiple challenges; target new frontiers
The insurance sector in Nigeria has continued to break new ground in the face of multiple daunting market challenges. At the recent annual retreat for [...]
Case study: Caribbean insurance leader, Family Guardian, begins policy administration modernisation with Equisoft
Family Guardian, a leading provider of financial services in The Bahamas since 1965, needed to modernise its aging legacy insurance policy administrat [...]
African insurers must shift away from manual processes to remain sustainable
Insurers, brokers and the banks are still relying on manual processes for selling insurance, onboarding and engaging with clients, as well as for sett [...]
Geopolitical resilience: the new board imperative
Today’s world is more connected economically than ever before yet is experiencing significant geopolitical fragmentation. In this context, geopolitica [...]
Contract farming forming a new route to insurance for smallholder farmers
Mamahali Peete, a mother of three children, left her marketing career in the vibrant Johannesburg city in neighbouring South Africa and relocated to L [...]
African financial regulators have chance to act and reduce depletion of nature, suggests new report
Financial regulators around the world are recognising that the depletion of nature poses major risks to financial and economic stability: these are ad [...]
Fire is second top cause of loss of shipping vessels, with figures still climbing
Allianz’s Safety and Shipping Review 2023 reports that fire was the second top cause of loss for shipping vessels last year (after foundering) with ei [...]
Who is Who? Ep. 17 Regine Akayezu – from accounting to insurance
Join host Simba Mukonzo as he sits down with Regine Akayezu, regional director of SCG Re in Kigali. Discover how her accounting background helped [...]
VIDEO: Who is who? Episode 15 with Calvin Manika
In this "Who is Who?" episode on the Mukfin Forum, our host Simba Mukonzo interviews
Calvin Manika, an award-winning journalist who is making wav [...]
Agricultural insurance in Zimbabwe analysed
According to the United Nations, African nations imported 44% of their wheat from Russia and Ukraine between 2018 and 2020. In Zimbabwe, the national [...]