Category: Sustainability
Insurers must address climate change as global businesses wake up to the risks
Global businesses are facing an era of unprecedented disruption and transformation as a direct result of climate change.
The financial cost of clim [...]
Africa Re profit drops just 5.4% in Covid-19 impacted quarter
African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) posted a premium income of US$583.68 million at the end of the third quarter of 2020, a decline of 5.41%. [...]
Opinion: Moving to digital signatures
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but in an ever-growing digital world, this small but mighty weapon may well be on its way to extinction. Signi [...]
SSI updates sustainable roadmap for shipping
The Sustainable Shipping Initiative (SSI) has launched an updated Roadmap to a Sustainable Shipping Industry, a resource for stakeholders across the s [...]
Zep Re to buy 56% in ACRE Africa
African reinsurer Zep-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company) has agreed with the shareholders to acquire a controlling 56% stake in ACRE Africa.
ACRE Africa [...]
Businesses must act to save biodiversity
Businesses across Africa have a critical role to play in addressing the inherent, existential risks of biodiversity loss, warns a new report.
Howev [...]
New opportunity to check out future customers
Knowing your customers – and them knowing you – is a key component of building trust and resilience in commercial deals across Africa. But access to i [...]
New CEO in post at ATI
Manuel Moses has formally assumed office as the fourth chief executive officer (CEO) of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), with resilience and [...]
Employee errors generating more cyber claims
External attacks on companies result in the most expensive cyber insurance losses but it is employee mistakes and technical problems that are the most [...]
Opinion: Ghana’s financial sector in crisis
Ghana’s financial sector is in crisis. A crisis occasioned by the collapse of more than 300 financial institutions; and which has affected every divis [...]