Category: Governance
AGCS sets up new ESG team
To further drive sustainability together with its customers as well as within its own operations, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has [...]
Nigerian insurers urged to sign Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance
The Nigerian industry needs to pay more attention to sustainability and resilience if it is to gain international recognition.
That was the message [...]
ARC launches its first product against high-impact epidemic risks
The Pan-African Risk Management Capacity (ARC) has launched a parametric insurance product against high-impact epidemic risks and Senega [...]
Mixed expectations: COP27 cements demand for climate-related investment opportunities
The slow pace of global climate change action has left many commentators – and especially those in the asset management community – grumbling about wh [...]
Investment transformation: Merger creates ZAR1trn South Africa-based asset manager
The finalisation of a deal between Sanlam Group and Absa Group Limited has created one of South Africa’s largest black-owned asset managers, with more [...]
Insurance gaining traction across CIMA region, says Zep Re
You come from what have been growing insurance markets. Is that growth still happening? And what is driving it?
Yes, premiums have be [...]
AKI offers training on IFRS17
The Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) in partnership with SCR Academy Re, Morocco is training insurance industry leaders on the International Financ [...]
Engaging high gear: Promising signs that COP27 is tilting energy transition from ‘talk’ towards ‘action’
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), held from 6-18 November 2022 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, has ended, with somewhat less fanfa [...]
GRII reaches key milestones towards climate metrics and risk measuring
The Global Resilience Index Initiative (GRII), a multi-partner taskforce, has announced key milestones in its development towards an open, standard se [...]
Nigerian insurance sector: sustained growth in income, market size, claims payment
Despite challenges of the post-Covid-19 era, the Nigerian insurance sector has continued to compete fairly with its peers in Africa in terms of gross [...]