Category: Sustainability
Building a sustainable insurance market key for new signatories to the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance
Why did you sign up to the Nairobi Declaration?
Parhelion is committed to mobilising the insurance industry to support sustainable development [...]
For all their fine words, Kenyan insurers are failing customers on claims payment
Insurance exists on convincing customers to buy a promise: “Pay premiums now when all is working and I’ll be there in your darkest hour to provide the [...]
Africa’s largest stock exchanges are leading the way on sustainable disclosures
Private financial institutions such as stock exchanges will prove influential in steering African economies towards the tough climate change targets a [...]
African insurers need to prepare for IFRS 17
Many African insurers are still struggling to understand the implications of the new IFRS 17 guidelines and implement a compliance solution, warns Equ [...]
VIDEO: Claims management set to benefit from lessons learned through Covid-19
Managing insurance claims through the Covid-19 pandemic was an enormous challenge but some of the lessons learned will result in more sustainable and [...]
Client engagement challenges in Africa
What are customer expectations in Africa? It depends where you are and who you’re speaking to. The population is among the most diverse [...]
Millions of Africans face food insecurity, challenging their resilience to cope with shocks
The socioeconomic situation of the urban poor in sub-Saharan Africa has worsened following the Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of people facing acute [...]
Resilience rises in the face of geopolitical threats
For the last two years, it feels like we’ve lived in a state of ongoing crisis as unexpected global events have disrupted organisations in every part [...]
Insurer invests further in fibre-optic project
Insurance group Jubilee Holdings Limited (JHL) has purchased an additional 10% stake in submarine fibre-optic cable project SEACOM, increasing its sha [...]
Access to finance remains key issue in gender disparity
Worldwide, women’s access to finance is disproportionately low. Despite substantial overall progress – in 2017, the World Bank reported, 1.2 billion m [...]