Category: Governance
Good governance key to deepening insurance penetration, suggests Nigerian regulator
Entrenching good corporate governance is going to be crucial if insurers operating in Nigeria are to solve customers’ pain points and lift penetration [...]
New microinsurance and agriculture pool planned for Africa, says AIO
New microinsurance and agriculture insurance pool for Africa planned as the Microinsurance Network (MiN), the global community dedicated to developing [...]
African reinsurers looking resilient and set to grow, says AM Best
High commodity prices, volatile and double-digit inflation, and a general deterioration in macroeconomic conditions in the aftermath of recent externa [...]
Africa insurance market has collaboration in clear focus as climate change rings disruption
Insurers, regulators and governments in Africa have the aim of collaboration in clear focus in order to navigate an era marked by climate change, [...]
ASR receives BBB+ rating from Fitch
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African and Middle East-focused (re)insurance group, has reported that Fitch Ratings has assigned a BBB+ long-te [...]
South Africa’s two-pot misconceptions unravelled by Sanlam
With less than a month since the implementation of the two-pot retirement system in South Africa, the surge in withdrawal applications continues and S [...]
Quality insurance training: Challenges remain in the CIMA zone
Mikaël Wend-toongo Sègla Sanhouidi is a trained legal expert and works at the International Insurance Institute (IIA) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, where [...]
Insurance should play a bigger role in attracting capital to Africa, suggests ATIDI boss
Attracting capital is vital for Africa’s economic future, however, that can be a real challenge. Insurance has become a valuable tool in [...]
Ethical, transformational leadership imperative for insurance sustainability
African insurers and reinsurers have been reminded to embrace ethical, collaborative and transformational leadership as additional tailwinds to the in [...]
Uganda insurers hit $434m premiums as life business drives growth
Uganda’s insurance industry registered 29% growth in written premiums in 2023, hitting a UGX1.6-trillion (US$434-million) milestone on the back of enh [...]