Category: Governance
VIDEO: Half of Africa’s insurers yet to add ESG principles
At the recent Organization of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers virtual conference, Continental Reinsurance’s head of underwriting Cassim Hansa [...]
Institutional investors picking up on ESG
Institutional investors’ attitudes towards environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles have been improving in the past two years, but there [...]
Numbers reveal cost of pandemic on African insurers
As insurance authorities across the continent report the latest figures from the insurance sector, it is clear that the Covid-19 pandemic has cost the [...]
New kind of insurance force emerging across Africa
The African insurance market has been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic, with firms across the continent re-assessing their priorities, but it has no [...]
Governance key to disaster preparedness
This year’s International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was all about governance, according to the UN.
It said: “You can measure good disaster ri [...]
Tough times ahead for South African insurance markets
South African insurers, reinsurers and risk managers are facing 11 market influences, which include: an escalation of cyber risk; the intensification [...]
International discussions underway on pandemic pool solutions
International discussions are underway on how future pandemic risks can be shared between the public and the private sector, according to the secretar [...]
Marine insurers stepping up on ESG issues
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) is stepping up its environmental, social and governance (ESG) agenda.
At its recent annual confe [...]
85% of global investors want their capital to do good
A recent Morgan Stanley survey revealed that 85% of retail investors, which includes insurers, want their capital to be allocated to doing good and wo [...]
Cyber insurance market crucial part of resilience
The importance of cybersecurity and cyber risk mitigation is starkly illustrated by the rising cost to firms in dealing with data breaches. Global inf [...]