Category: Sustainability
Continue your professional development with Africa Ahead
Africa Ahead: the Sustainability Challenge has launched continuous professional development (CPD) with three African associations, with plans to expan [...]
Top insurance brands team up to expand reach across Africa
The big insurance story for the week ending 6 May 2022 was the joint venture (JV) announced by two major insurance brands, Allianz and Sanlam. In a me [...]
After Covid-19: the state of the insurance industry in Africa
In its report, Covid-19: Financial reporting and Business Implications for Insurers in Nigeria, KPMG in Nigeria states: “The Covid-19 pandemic has cre [...]
Adapt or die, warns global ratings agency
The impacts from physical climate risk are growing and projected to get worse between now and 2050 unless the world makes serious inroads on its adapt [...]
Commercial insurance prices continued to rise in the first quarter of 2022
Global commercial insurance prices increased by 11% in the first quarter of 2022, according to the Global Insurance Market Index from Marsh, the insur [...]
Sanlam and Allianz to merge
Sanlam, the largest non-banking financial services company in Africa, and Allianz, one of the world’s leading insurers and asset managers with a centu [...]
East Africa latest to be hit by devastating floods
Southern Tanzania has been hit by serious floods, just two weeks after heavy rain caused devastating floods in South Africa, fuelling fears of large l [...]
Insurers need to keep abreast of changing African data protection laws, warns law firm
Countries including Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe have been implementing new measures [...]
Chaucer commits to net-zero underwriting and investment by 2050
Specialty (re)insurance group Chaucer has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across all business operations by 2050 or so [...]
ESG top of agenda for African actuaries
African actuaries have launched a taskforce to train insurers and other professionals on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.
Formed b [...]