Category: Governance
Global insurance market enjoying stability, says IAIS
The global insurance market is enjoying stable solvency and profitability positions, in aggregate, supported by strong operational performance, effect [...]
Insurers should see mandatory CPD as an opportunity rather than compliance burden
Compliance with Kenya’s newly enacted insurance law introducing mandatory Continuing Professional Development (CPD) should be seen as an opportunity a [...]
Kenya’s regulator lines up framework for continuous education of insurance agents
Kenya’s insurance regulator has initiated the process of establishing a framework for continuous professional education for insurance agents, reinforc [...]
Mandatory licensing, CPD now law for Kenya’s insurance practitioners
Kenya’s President William Ruto has signed the Insurance Professionals Bill 2024 into law, marking a key step in improving the professionalism and stan [...]
CGAP to become new host of the Access to Insurance Initiative
CGAP is to become the new host and convenor of the Access to Insurance Initiative (A2ii) from 1 July 2025 and the International Association of Insuran [...]
Africa’s association for young insurers charts bold future as it welcomes new leadership
African Association of Young Insurance Professionals (YIPs Africa) marked a defining moment in its evolution as the founding executives passed on the [...]
Good business is good business: Why adopting ESG principles pays for insurers
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is here to stay and is something that insurers must increasingly embrace if they are to attract investment [...]
GFIA calls on IAIS to do more to close the growing pension gap
The Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA) has written to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors calling for greater atten [...]
Tanzanian oil and gas risks must be underwritten through TECC, mandates regulator
Earlier this month the Tanzanian insurance regulator issued a notice mandating that all energy-related risks insured within the country are to be unde [...]
Opinion: Mandatory mediation directive in South African high courts and the resultant pushback
Donald Dinnie, director at Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa Inc, and Kriyanka Reddi, senior associate at the same law firm, weigh in on the mandator [...]