Category: Sustainability
VIDEO: Mukfin round table: Ep 10: Calm descends on troubled waters of past reinsurance renewals
In the last of our series looking at the reinsurance renewal season and at a recent round table, hosted by Mukfin and Africa Ahead, insu [...]
AM Best affirms Continental Re’s B+ rating
AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (good) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “bbb-” (good) of Continental Reinsurance Plc [...]
S&P gives Africa Re full A rating
Africa Re has been awarded an “A” rating by Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global Ratings for global-scale long-term issuer credit and insurer financia [...]
Santam syndicate to open for business at Lloyd’s
Santam Syndicate 1918, the new venture by Africa from the Santam Group has been granted Lloyd’s final permission to underwrite for business incepting [...]
IAIS receives FSB endorsement of its holistic framework
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has reaffirmed its endorsement of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ (IAIS) Holistic Framewor [...]
VIDEO: COP30 starts the drive of words into action
Philip Lopokoiyit, chair of the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance (NDSI) and CEO of ICEALion, talks to Liz Booth about the recently ended [...]
Lack of clear commitments to cut fossil fuels overshadows COP30 wins even as insurers step up
The 30th edition of the annual climate change conference, popularly known as Conference of the Parties (COP), blew hot and cold over the last two week [...]
Legal support for agricultural insurance could drive Africa’s sustainability
Legal support for agricultural insurance could be the most promising pathway to advance Africa’s sustainability ambitions in the wake of rising fr [...]
EU funding in South Africa rekindles debate on Africa’s just energy transition path
As the debate on a just energy transition continues, the European Union’s (EU) latest investment package for South Africa (SA) starkly illustrates som [...]
Climate insurance must take centre stage in public policy for resilience
Sibbila Luc Kafando is a trained agro-meteorologist and has been an index-based agricultural insurance consultant for a decade. In this interview [...]