Category: Sustainability
Insurers urged to innovate and digitalise to build resilience
Insurers across the continent are being urged to innovate and digitalise to build resilience through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Regulators including Dr [...]
Report: Worth watching the Europeans on ESG
Insurers across Africa have long watched the Europeans in terms of insurance offerings and product designs. Now, Insurance Europe has published its re [...]
Supply chains matter for insurers too
Reinsurance is no different to any other product and is dependent on a supply chain, delegates at a recent roundtable agreed.
At the event, hosted [...]
Food security becoming major issue in nine African countries
Insured risks multiply when food security threaten livelihoods and even lives, as insurers are well aware. Now the UN's Food and Agriculture Organizat [...]
Africa remains top piracy hotspot
West Africa tops the list for piracy activity, according to Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty's (AGCS) Safety & Shipping Review 2020.
Gl [...]
VIDEO: What is the impact of Covid-19 on the ratings environment for sub-Saharan Africa?
Jermaine Leonard, director, Fitch Ratings discusses the impact of Covid-19 on the ratings environment for sub-Saharan Africa. [...]
Covid-19: a wake-up call to manage ESG risks properly
Covid-19 is a wake-up call for companies in Africa, including insurers, to properly manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, acc [...]
ARC makes second major payment to an African government within days
ARC Insurance Limited has made an insurance payout totalling $1,755,890 to the Zimbabwe government and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), just days af [...]
Insurers’ risk management yet to be tested as Covid-19 crisis continues
Deniese Imoukhuede and Ronnie Kasapatu, of ZEP-Re, discuss the multifaceted impact of Covid-19 on Africa's insurance markets
Covid-19 has had a mu [...]
Africa set for 2021 rebound from Covid-19
Insurers' business tends to reflect the economic success of any given country, so there is good news from the African Development Bank (AfBD), which b [...]