Category: Sustainability
Nigerian insurer extends agri-insurance policy to improve farming resilience
One of Nigeria’s leading insurers has extended its existing agriculture cover to protect farmers whose crops are destroyed by cattle encroaching onto [...]
Resilience and ESG critical as companies emerge from pandemic
Climate risks dominate global concerns as the world enters the third year of the pandemic. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks [...]
Making agricultural insurance a viable business for insurers and insureds
Siani Malama, head of inclusive insurance at APA Insurance, discusses the company’s move into agricultural cover with Liz Booth and how important it i [...]
NGOs use Africa Risk Capacity to protect Zimbabweans
A global network of humanitarian agencies has bought an innovative insurance policy in partnership with African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the government [...]
Resilience and ESG critical as companies emerge from pandemic
Climate risks dominate global concerns as the world enters the third year of the pandemic. However, according to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Glob [...]
Equity Group venturing into the insurance business
A licence has been issued to Equity Life Assurance (Kenya) (ELAK) to provide life insurance solutions to an underserved market and contribute towards [...]
Insurers faced second costliest year on record in 2020 from natural disasters
Global losses from natural disasters in 2020 came to $210bn, of which some $82bn was insured. Both overall losses and insured losses were significantl [...]
Long-term debt in Africa
Financial sector assets in Africa are heavily concentrated in banking, according to the latest research by the Africa Long-term Finance Initiative (LT [...]
Reinsurers adjust risk appetite for 2022
The 1 January renewals reflected a healthy but evolving market as reinsurers adjusted risk appetite and pricing thresholds for certain sectors in resp [...]
Hollard Ghana partners for SME product
Hollard Ghana has partnered with Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) to launch Asomdwee, a tailored insurance product for micro, small and medium-sized ent [...]