Category: Governance
Future looking good as more firms boost African presence
A number of new entities are springing up across the continent, reflecting growing confidence in a resurgence in the African insurance markets.
The [...]
Guy Carpenter launches climate risk modelling services
Guy Carpenter & Company has launched a suite of climate advisory and modelling services, as companies look to develop and integrate robust climate [...]
Covid-19 has not slowed rate of growth for African insurance markets, aided by tech
The risk of a major disruptor making serious inroads into the African insurance market is a threat never far from the minds of insurance CEOs across t [...]
New MGA for Africa launches from Mauritius office
Brokers have a new source for political violence and terrorism (PVT) cover as Rokstone, the International Speciality (Re)Insurance MGA, part of the Av [...]
Zep-Re to set up office in Rwanda
The Rwandan government has signed an agreement with Zep-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company) allowing the regional reinsurer to set up an office in Kigali.
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IIB becomes affiliate of CII
The Insurance Institute of Botswana (IIB) has been approved as a CII-affiliated institute. Based in Gaborone, the IIB has a vision to encourage the ad [...]
Insurance regulators have had key role during pandemic
Insurance is a key enabler for all economies and now is the time for insurers to step up and embrace new products to widen the scope of their protecti [...]
Tech adoption will turn around Africa’s lacklustre insurance penetration experience
The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) is underpinned by new technologies that will enable Africa-based insurers to turn around the lacklustre insuran [...]
South Africa economy needs reform urges credit insurer
Credit insurer Atradius warns the pandemic has increased the urge for economic reform in South Africa.
Its new South Africa Country Report reveals [...]
Covid-19 will encourage people to buy more insurance, suggests Zambian regulator
Insurance has become a necessity as the pandemic has rolled on and there is a new opportunity for insurers to capture more business, said a regulator [...]