Category: Diving Deeper

Identifying, assessing and monitoring compliance essential to sustainable business
Kristin van Niekerk, head of legal and compliance, Allianz Global & Corporate Specialty Africa February 27, 2023
Compliance risk management centres around identifying, assessing and monitoring your organisation’s compliance to regulations and implementing effecti [...]

Cyclone Freddy set to threaten across southern Africa
Cyclone Freddy was born between the 3rd and 4th of February 2023 as a mere tropical disturbance characterised by non-frontal migratory behaviour.
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Marsh warns one in three globally set to be impacted by flooding
One out of three people globally will be threatened by flooding in a 1.5°C warming scenario, according to a new report from brokers Marsh McLennan.
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P&C lines strong but insurers face challenges ahead, warns McKinsey
Global commercial property and casualty (P&C) lines have delivered strong financial performance in recent years following the soft market of 2013 [...]

What is resilience?
In the past decade, resilience has become a hot topic in wellness. Challenges in our health, work and relationships are inevitable; it’s now generally [...]

How Zep-Re is implementing a World Bank-backed project to reach 250,000 pastoralists in the Horn of Africa and enabling $500M in private capital
Zep-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company) is implementing the first component of a World Bank-backed project that is targeting to enable more than US$500 milli [...]
Easier than you think to start on your ESG journey
Most insurers agree that ESG will play an increasingly important role in their business strategies and, according to a new survey, 100% agree that [...]

Fire and explosion leading to most costly marine claims, but inflation is an increasing factor
Fire and explosion incidents cause the most expensive insurance claims in the marine industry, while at a time of rising exposures and inflation, carg [...]

How can African insurance entities start their ESG journey?
Most insurers across the continent agree that ESG will play an increasingly important role in their business strategies and, according to a new survey [...]

Lessons from Covid-19: insurance could be solution for future crises, says UNDP
Jan Kellett, team leader of the insurance and risk finance facility, UNDP, and Mandeep Dhaliwal, director of the HIV and health group, UNDP November 3, 2022
Covid-19 has exposed deficiencies and gaps in healthcare worldwide, in countries rich and poor, large and small, inadequacies which contributed to mor [...]
