Category: Sustainability
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 [...]
Insurers turning innovative in bid to find premium as Covid-19 rumbles on
The insurance sector across Africa is fighting to maintain its premium income as insureds have stopping paying because of Covid-19 economic downturns. [...]
Sustainability proven to improve bottom line, finds new report
Few concepts have attracted as much attention among business leaders as resilience this year – especially in the supply chain, where 75% of US compani [...]
IMF warning on African progress and the damage done by Covid-19
As insurers battle to cope with decreasing premium income, the scale of the economic impact of Covid-19 is beginning to emerge, with the International [...]
VIDEO: Dr Caesar Mwangi discusses the importance of the ESG agenda
As investors and regulators around the world look for solid ESG credentials, ICEA Lion Insurance Holdings (the first insurer in Africa to sign up [...]
VIDEO: Insurers have unique opportunities through Covid-19
It will be up to insurers themselves and their resilience as to whether they come out of the Covid-19 crisis in better shape or not. In a roundtab [...]