Category: Sustainability
Willis signs deal on disease modelling
The Willis Research Network (WRN) has agreed a new partnership with Metabiota, a risk analytics organisation that specialises in infectious diseases m [...]
Naicom congratulates market on Covid-19 donations
Nigerian insurance regulator Naicom has congratulated the insurance market for its generosity in donations to support the local fight on Covid-19. Lea [...]
Banks increasing transparency on climate finance
As the banks globally increase their commitment to the ESG agenda in line with increasing regulatory requirements, multilateral development banks (MDB [...]
Insurance market proving resilient
Global average commercial insurance prices increased 19% in the second quarter of 2020, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released by Mar [...]
Stark contrast between Beirut and US shows value of insurance
The value of insurance is never in doubt among those involved in the sector. However, persuading others of the value of insurance is sometimes a hard [...]
VIDEO: Africa moves closer to pandemic insurance solution
Africa is one step closer to an insurance solution for future pandemics, after Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) and Africa Centres for Disease Control a [...]
Quality of data helping to deepen understanding of climate change impact
Improving data and a better understanding of that data is enabling a truer picture of climate change and its potential across Africa, heard delegates [...]
Online training set to reach much broader audience
Insurers and reinsurers are using the experience gained during their hasty transition to a ‘work from home’ world to expand and improve their skills d [...]
President Buhari finalises Nigeria’s membership of ATI
Nigeria has become a full member country of Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), after president Muhammadu Buhari signed the final papers.
The west [...]
Regulators stepping up insurer requirements on climate change
The Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF) has launched its half-yearly report, with news from South Africa that the regulators will want insurers to consi [...]