Category: Governance
The sixth C – conscience is gnawing at modern-day capital allocation debates
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become a hot topic within the institutional investment space.
“ESG has risen to prominence [...]
ESG underwriting – it’s an African conversation
Despite a difficult year, Africa’s financial services sector is making strides in getting its own environment, social governance (ESG) framework – one [...]
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 [...]