Category: Governance
‘Welcome aboard’ as FSD Africa signs the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance
“We are delighted to welcome FSD Africa to the network of signatories to the United Nations Environmental Programme – Finance Initiative's Principles [...]
Kenya’s insurance regulator to appeal decision letting brokers collect premiums
Kenya’s insurance regulator is appealing the recent court ruling that quashed amendments to underwriting rules that had barred brokers from collecting [...]
Nigerian insurer gains approval for microinsurer arm
Consolidated Hallmark Insurance (CHI) has acquired a new operational licence to operate a microinsurer. The regulator, the National Insurance Commissi [...]
Opportunities and risks for trade credit insurers
Major economies have seen a return to economic growth after sharp contractions in performance in 2020 due to the pandemic. While Covid-19 will continu [...]
Global insurance industry picks up the net-zero refrain
The insurance and reinsurance sectors will play a significant role in transitioning the global economy to its ambitious net-zero carbon emissions goal [...]
Insurance at heart of climate change mitigation for vulnerable countries
As climate change worsens extreme weather events across the globe, the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) group of ministers of finance – comprising 48 climate-v [...]
The endless legal war to control Two Nigerian market behemoths
It seems the war of attrition between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Global Fleet Group, owned by barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, over the control [...]
Africa Specialty Risks launches Bermuda reinsurer
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has launched a licensed reinsurance entity in Bermuda.
The Group will offe [...]
Africa features heavily in global shipping losses
The international shipping industry continued its long-term positive safety trend over the past year but has to master Covid-19 challenges, apply the [...]
Mauritius steps up on anti-money laundering
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) and Mauritius Finance (MF) have announced plans to support Mauritius’s compliance with [...]