Category: Sustainability
AM Best signs up to UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance
AM Best has become a signatory of the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI).
The ratings agency [...]
New head for F&I Insurance
Donovan Harvey, a financial management specialist and WITS MBA graduate, has been appointed managing director of South Africa-based F&I Insurance. [...]
World Bank gives $50m towards building resilience through insurance in Tunisia
Insurance is to be a key component of a major disaster and climate resilience project for Tunisia, through a combination of government and private-sec [...]
Actuary joins ASR to focus on pricing models
Peter Way has been appointed as the first actuary to join Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), to focus specifically on the development of in-house pricing m [...]
VIDEO: Fourth UN PSI Summit key for insurance industry across Africa
Dr Caesar Mwangi, CEO of ICEALion, discusses with Liz Booth the upcoming fourth UN PSI Africa Summit and the importance of engaging with insurers [...]
Hollard Cigna Healthcare has signed DRC partnership
Hollard Cigna Healthcare has agreed a strategic partnership with Société Financière d’Assurance (SFA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Wi [...]
Covid-19 impact on gender diversity at work only just starting
The pandemic is a watershed moment for gender equality and an African Union report notes the importance of a gendered perspective in the analysis of t [...]
South Africa’s Budget offers opportunities for insurers
Insurers have welcomed the South African Budget as a new opportunity for infrastructure investment.
South Africa’s 2021 National Budget was designe [...]
Smart sensors are revolutionising the insurance and reinsurance sectors
There is a paradigm shift taking place in the insurance industry, driven by new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, [...]
Willis launches hail risk model for South Africa
Willis Re has launched a new hail catastrophe risk model to quantify the risk from damaging hail events across South Africa.
The broker said the mo [...]