Category: Sustainability
South African regulators encourage BI payments, before courts make a decision
South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) and the Prudential Authority (PA) have reached an understanding with non-life insurers most a [...]
Insurers make growing contribution to UN’s sustainable development goals
In the third session of the UNEP's Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI) series, stakeholders from across the insurance industry – and [...]
Ratings agencies explain credit warnings on Africa
S&P Global Ratings and Fitch ratings have both warned of downgrades and negatives watches across Africa as the Covid-19 pandemic takes its toll. I [...]
Food security becomes key insurance concern
Food security is fast becoming a key insurance concern, as populations struggle under the combined threat of Covid-19 and continuing severe weather ac [...]
Covid-19 exposes protections gaps – an opportunity for insurers
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the protection gaps across Africa and presented insurers with a real opportunity to build their busine [...]
New appointment to drive Agritask proposition in Africa
Precision agronomics company Agritask has appointed Daniel Stander, a pioneer in decision science and resilience finance, as senior adviser to its lea [...]
Award-winning Covid-19 equipment to be piloted in South Africa
A competition run by Munich Re will result in four projects being transformed into reality to help governments across Africa in the fight against Covi [...]
More South African insurers to make BI payments
Old Mutual Insure (OMI) has become the latest South African insurer to announced payments on business interruption (BI) policies related to the Covid- [...]
Warning for insurers as 62% of Kenyans looking to cut the price of their insurance
In what is a clear warning sign for insurers, a new survey has revealed that 62% of Kenyans are looking for better deals on their insurance premium as [...]
Millions of South Africans avoid preventative health screenings due to a lack of financial access
Insurers could have an opportunity to build market penetration after the Covid-19 crisis, as it has highlighted a lack of access to primary healthcare [...]