Category: Sustainability
AXA invests in digitalised healthcare for Africa
AXA’s CIMA entities led by AXA Assurance Maroc, and Orange Middle East and Africa, have signed an agreement on the joint acquisition of a majority sta [...]
Cybercriminals responsible for majority of cyber claims
Gangs of cybercriminals, organising themselves along the lines of drug cartels, are changing the ‘rules’ of ransomware attacks to keep ahead of the au [...]
VIDEO: SAIA heralds the importance of the Nairobi Declaration
Pamela Ramagaga of the South African Insurance Association talks to Gareth Stokes about signing the Nairobi Declaration and how an industry associatio [...]
ATI posts net profit of $39.4m despite Covid-19
The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has shown great resilience and posted a net profit growth of 43% and a gross exposure of $6.3bn amid the [...]
Insurance set to be part of new agricultural digital services in Nigeria
More than 2,000 oil palm farmers in Cross River and Akwa Ibom states now have access to digitalised financial services, thanks to a partnership betwee [...]
Green financing to get massive boost
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Green Climate Fund (GCF) are strengthening their cooperation by launching a US$1.0 [...]
How climate change affects health and how countries can respond
Since early 2020, the world’s attention has been on the global coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic continues to put massive stress on existing health s [...]
Insurers upping their game ahead of COP26
As the world heads toward the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November (COP26), the world’s insurers are stepping up their actions a [...]
South Africa added to global life reinsurer Covid-19 costs
The cumulative cost of Covid-19 claims for the largest life reinsurers hit $4.4bn in the first quarter of the year as mortality rates spiked, accordin [...]
Work underway to help insurance companies achieve net zero
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership is leading work on a new report, Insurance systems for the climate decade, that wi [...]