Category: Sustainability
Stark warning about cyberattacks on home workers
Insurers across the continent should step up their cybersecurity throughout the Covid-19 crisis, as more staff work from home or use remote IT systems [...]
‘Databerg’ could sink organisations unless they prepare
South African organisations are struggling more than ever before to manage their data, with almost half (49%) of enterprise data now considered ‘dark’ [...]
Business unusual – the world post-Covid-19
Like every other pandemic that the world has experienced in the past, coronavirus will eventually come to an end. It will be defeated and life return [...]
VIDEO: Why the Covid-19 pandemic offers the industry a unique opportunity to demonstrate its value
Dr Femi Oyetunji, group managing director and CEO of Continental Re, offers reassurance to insureds that claims will be paid in as timely a fashi [...]
VIDEO: How re/insurance companies should respond to the Covid-19 crisis in Africa
The insurance industry needs to address the Covid-19 pandemic as a group and deliver what it has promised to insureds. It will be a milestone fo [...]
VIDEO: Covid-19 BCM thinktank outcomes
The Institute of Risk Management South Africa executive committee has highlighted many risks and opportunities associated with the Covid-19 pandem [...]
Insurers react as Covid-19 spreads across Africa
The African Insurance Organisation (AIO) is among the insurance organisations leading the way in the fight against Covid-19.
It has adopted a serie [...]
Ratings agency warns Covid-19 will hit emerging markets hardest
S&P Global Ratings has warned emerging markets will be under severe pressure from the Covid-19 crisis, citing South Africa among the worst affecte [...]
Insurers must step up on Covid-19 claims to avoid reputational damage
A leading South African risk manager has warned insureds about the behaviour of unscrupulous insurers trying to impose opportunistic premium increases [...]
Measuring catastrophic-shock scenarios made easier for African insurers
Two major reports have been published to provide best practice tools for catastrophic-shock scenarios that trigger severe losses and adversely impact [...]