Category: Sustainability
VIDEO: OESAI signs up to Nairobi Declaration and encourages members to take a stance on ESG
Rose Wanda, the recently appointed secretary general of the Organisation of Eastern and Southern African Insurers, tells Liz Booth about the impor [...]
Sustainability key to growth across east African insurance markets
Developing a sustainable business has been key to success at Kenyan insurer GA Insurance. Now growing across east Africa, group CEO Vijay Srivastava s [...]
Travel insurance innovation to cope with Covid-19
A new travel insurance product has emerged to help Africa’s tourism sector recover from Covid-19. The insurance offered by Royal Shield Re covers trav [...]
Thinking outside the box essential to grow Africa’s insurance markets
Thinking of the problem and finding a solution is transforming the way one company finds its insureds across Africa.
Micro Insurance Company has re [...]
African Climate Foundation to launch strategic framework
Climate change interventions have immense potential to unlock new development pathways on the African continent. To realise this potential, the Africa [...]
ARC launches gender and disaster risk management platform
To ensure the integration of gender equality and women empowerment issues in the disaster risk management (DRM) landscape, the African Union (AU) [...]
Interpol plans new cybercrime desk to fight criminals in Africa
Interpol is creating a new cybercrime operations desk with UK funding to boost the capacity of 49 African countries to fight cybercrime. Cyber insuran [...]
Cyber insurance market set to grow as cybercrime costs hit $1trn
The estimated economic cost of cybercrime has exceeded $1trn, highlighting the growing need for cyber insurance, according to a new report.
Bloombe [...]
ASR launches liability capacity as part of continued growth plan
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the Pan-African focused reinsurance group, has launched its liability capacity, alongside the appointment of Martin Bore [...]
Insurance losses mounting for Covid-19
Global insurance losses related to large natural catastrophes and Covid-19 could reach more than $100bn for the full year, according to Bloomberg Inte [...]