Category: Environment
Market must work with regulators to maximise agricultural insurance opportunities
Insurers should work with regulators more closely in terms of sharing data to enable the market to develop and grow in the agricultural space.
Emek [...]
No food security without insurance
The insurance and reinsurance industries will play a critical role in helping Africa to meet its most pressing agriculture and food security challenge [...]
Africa, agriculture and insurance are undeniably intertwined
You cannot separate Africa, agriculture and insurance; the continent is unique globally due to almost two-thirds of its population being engaged in ag [...]
Importance of agricultural insurance can be underestimated, suggests AIO president
The importance of the agricultural insurance market cannot be overstated, according to the outgoing president of the African Insurance Organisation (A [...]
Floods across east Africa cause havoc but few insurance losses
In Somalia, floods which have persisted from March to May have ravaged shelters, latrines, farmland and livestock. The education of thousands of child [...]
Data company wins funding after African agriculture insurance start
Amini Corp, an early-stage company focused on solving Africa’s environmental data gap through artificial intelligence and satellite technology which s [...]
UK Supreme Court rejects latest claims against Shell on pollution in Nigeria
In a win for the oil majors and their insurers, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is too late for a group of Nigerian claimants to sue the oil [...]
Swiss Re partners with Kenyan underwriter to launch index-based flood insurance
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has partnered with Kenya’s Britam Holding to launch an index-based flood insurance solution to cushion small-scale farmers i [...]
Africa bearing the brunt of climate change, warns IPCC, but insurance solutions can help
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report has revealed a chilling forecast for Africa about the inevitability of more frequen [...]
New research warns the energy transition could take immediate focus away from growing climate change risks
Insurer Beazley has warned that dealing with the immediate pressures of energy transition in an uncertain geopolitical landscape, and accountability f [...]