Category: Sustainability
Kenya’s digital lenders planning to sell microinsurance
Kenya’s digital lenders are planning to roll out microinsurance products and target thousands of customers tapping into small loans via mobile phones. [...]
Access to insurance increasing in Nigeria through new partnership
Nigerian insurer AXA Mansard has partnered with Insurpass, an insurance technology company, to provide access to affordable insurance coverage for eme [...]
New drive to bring banks and insurers together on sustainability agenda
Hot on the heels of COP26 and at a critical juncture between crisis and recovery across society, business and the environment, the UNEP FI Leadership [...]
VIDEO: The cyber challenge
Graeme King, managing director – cyber at Volante Global, discusses the challenges facing the insurance industry when it comes to insuring cyber risks [...]
Insurers watch Nigerian oil leak nervously
Insurers are said to be watching an oil leak in Bayelsa State Nigeria with caution as experts warn it could amount to a significant claim. So far, the [...]
Board directors fear cyberattacks most
Cyberattacks are the number one concern for board directors, according to new research from (re)insurance broker McGill and Partners.
Some 81% of b [...]
Guy Carpenter and Marsh merge fac operations in South Africa
Guy Carpenter and Marsh are to merge their South Africa facultative reinsurance operations into a single business, effective 1 January 2022. The new u [...]
Sustainability at core of next business revolution
The next industrial revolution is just beginning. A new economy is emerging, driven by profound changes in technology and the increasing pressures ass [...]
ARC and Afreximbank sign deal on resilience and disaster risk financing
African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly enhance [...]
Businesses must put ESG at the heart of their strategy and culture
In November this year, leaders from around the world gathered in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference to explore ways that governments, the pr [...]