Category: Sustainability
SA government makes payment to Sasria to cover riot claims
The South African government is reported to have agreed to cover the damages linked to the riots that started in July 2021.
The Treasury is paying [...]
New agriculture strategy for Tanzania to launch in June 2022
Tanzania should have a new agricultural insurance strategy in place by June of next year. Speaking at an agriculture insurance webinar, organised by t [...]
UN launches Insurance and Risk Finance Facility
The UNDP has launched the Insurance & Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) to help protect the world’s most vulnerable communities in the face of climate [...]
IAIS reports shows 35% of insurer investments are ‘climate-relevant’
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has published its first report on how insurance sector investments are exposed to climat [...]
Innovation and insurtech key to growing African insurance markets
A new survey has found that innovation and insurtech are essential to grow insurance markets in the next 12 months.
Some 61% of 300 insurers polled [...]
Bridging the gap between insurers and NGOs
One of the challenges for the insurance sector is being seen as relevant to the many thousands of NGOs operating in Africa. A new company, Rural Inclu [...]
Insurers expect government measures on climate change as COP26 looms
Insurers will be watching to see how countries across Africa react in the runup to the global climate change conference, COP26, next month.
South A [...]
VIDEO: Can local content work within AfCFTA?
With the arrival of the African Continental Free Trade Area, Afro Asian Insurance Services and Africa Ahead: the Sustainability Challenge invited insu [...]
AM Best believes pricing and terms on turn in North Africa
Pricing and terms in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are turning in favour of the region’s reinsurers, according to the new report from AM Bes [...]
Another new flood model for Africa – this time from Willis Re
Willis Re has launched a flood model for the Middle East and north Africa (MENA) region, the first of its kind to be developed for the region, enablin [...]