Category: Governance
Move from discussion to action, urges Continental Re as it marks 40 years
Africa insurers and reinsurers must now move beyond discussion to action if they are to realise the potential of homegrown expertise, innovation a [...]
First African platform for trade credit and political risk cover launched by AU and ETG
AU Group, a specialist broker in trade credit and political risk insurance, has agreed a strategic partnership with ETG (Export Trade Group) to launch [...]
Global uncertainty increases risks across Africa, warns S&P
Global uncertainties, including volatile commodity prices, hint to increasing risks for African countries, warns rating agency S&P Global Ratings. [...]
Sustainable finance regulation to reshape the future for Africa’s insurers
As businesses in the United States (US) dial down their climate and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) focuses, firms in the rest of the world [...]
Ethical business practices could stem fraud and corruption while boosting insurance uptake
Ethical business practices could help the Zimbabwean insurance sector to stem fraud and corruption, helping boost the penetration rate by addressing p [...]
Why continuous professional development matters in insurance space
Continuous professional development (CPD), or mandatory professional development as it is known in some markets, is becoming an ever more crucial part [...]
IAIS calls for industry views on life insurance shift
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has called for views after publishing a draft issues paper on structural shifts in the l [...]
DEI becomes top seven business risk for directors across Africa, warns Willis
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) now ranks in the top seven risks for directors and officers across Africa, while 80% of directors and officers c [...]
Opinion: Dismissal of insurance actions for unreasonable delay in South Africa
An inordinate or unreasonable delay in prosecution of an action may warrant the dismissal of the action, although this is unusual even though the Sout [...]
New insurance regulations in the CIMA zone: It was long overdue
At the end of 2024, the Council of Ministers of the Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets (CIMA) adopted new regulations on the security a [...]