Category: Sustainability
Warning on sustainable investments
Asset owners, including insurers, looking to prioritise sustainability should ensure their investments are not supporting asset management firms that [...]
Political risk insurers warned that risks are on the rise
Political risk insurers may face increasing challenges in the months ahead as claims rise at a time when incomes are down, increasing the sustainabili [...]
Meeting the challenges of training your team during the Covid-19 pandemic
The majority of the African insurance industry had no choice but to move their teams to remote working as the Covid-19 pandemic hit and governments im [...]
VIDEO: African insurers forced to act fast in face of Covid-19
African insurers have been pushed to think about things they had known they should consider but which had been pushed to the back of the [...]
Global resilience hit hard by Covid-19 pandemic, but insurance has key role for future
The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to reduce global macroeconomic resilience by about 20% in 2020 from 2019 levels, according to the latest annual Swis [...]
Rebuilding Africa and strengthening its resilience against future economic shocks
After demonstrating its resilience during the ebola outbreak and the global financial crisis, Africa is once again facing a severe test of its strengt [...]
Tough competition is threatening African insurers’ sustainability
Players in the insurance sector have been urged to rethink their predatory pricing strategies as they are hampering the growth of the insurance sector [...]
ATI names new CEO
The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has confirmed a number of key senior-level positions, including the appointment of Manuel Moses as the new CE [...]
ILRI to launch livestock insurance for Sahel and Horn of Africa
Nairobi-headquartered International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is launching an index-based livestock insurance for the Sahel and the Horn of [...]
S&P affirms Africa Re’s A- rating
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has reaffirmed the financial strength rating of the African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) at A- (strong) with a [...]