Category: Sustainability
Fake oil spills send sustainability warning to global insurance heavyweights
On 29 October 2021, protesters taking part in the global Defund Climate Chaos protests spilled 1,000 litres of fake oil on the doorsteps of two insura [...]
VIDEO: Insurers meet at COP26
As governments and business meet at the United Nations’ climate change conference, COP26, in Glasgow this week, Liz Booth talks to Lesley Ndlovu, CEO [...]
Prudential moves Africa headquarters to Kenya
Prudential has opened its Africa Regional Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The life insurer said it had moved its Africa regional headquarters from Lon [...]
Marsh recognising ESG in client frameworks
In a sign of things to come across the world, Marsh has announced the launch of a new directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance initiative [...]
Digital client engagement challenges in African insurance
“We cannot do business the way we have been doing business for the past five, ten, 15 or 20 years. The customer demands have changed. We [...]
CRM for financial advisers: A guide for African insurers
Customers in many parts of Africa are now more tech-enabled. They have different expectations to previous generations. Even within the p [...]
Dire warning for Africa in new climate report
The release of the State of the Climate in Africa 2020 report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is yet another dire warning in the run-up [...]
ESG offers unparalleled opportunity for insurers, suggests KPMG
ESG offers an unparalleled opportunity for insurers, says KPMG in a new report on the state of the South African insurance market. It says the concept [...]
Resilience and sustainability ‘top of mind’ as insurers reassess global risks
Insurers and reinsurers must find innovative ways to identify, mitigate and transfer the risks associated with climate, cybercrime, pandemic and socia [...]
Kenya’s regulator seeks insurance framework to sustainably grow medical covers
Kenya’s insurance regulator is closer to creating a legal and regulatory framework to grow uptake of private insurance through reduced costs without p [...]