Category: Governance
Insurers must address climate issues if they are to retain investor support
The casualties of the climate crisis could include financial stability, the global economy and the value of investments, warns the Task Force on Clima [...]
Automating for predictable claims and underwriting outcomes
Life insurers and reinsurers are making increased use of automation as they strive to meet clients’ needs for ease of use, product transparency, real- [...]
ARC launches gender and disaster risk management platform
To ensure the integration of gender equality and women empowerment issues in the disaster risk management (DRM) landscape, the African Union (AU) [...]
SSA slowly recovering from pandemic shock, suggests Fitch
The recovery of sub-Saharan African (SSA) sovereigns from the pandemic shock last year is underway, but it is slowed by the weak state of public finan [...]
Africa ahead as insurers sign Nairobi Declaration – the first such declaration across the world
In what is a global first for the insurance industry, 13 insurance-related organisations have signed the newly created Nairobi Declaration, promising [...]
Dirty business: Fossil fuel economies face an impact-investing strangle
There are growing concerns that the trend toward impact and sustainable investing could throttle entire emerging-market industries as allocators of ca [...]
Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance launched
A declaration by African insurance industry leaders of commitment to support the achievement of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) is to be l [...]
Investors upping their demands to reduce climate risks
Global investors apply increasingly sophisticated portfolio-construction techniques to stress-test the impact of a low-carbon economy on their investm [...]
Energy transition likely to fuel unrest, warns Verisk Maplecroft
Algeria, Iraq and Nigeria will be among the first casualties of a slow-motion wave of political instability that will engulf an array of oil-producing [...]
More to ESG than meets the eye
A successful implementation of South Africa’s Administration and Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act (AARTO) offers a peek at how lawmakers migh [...]