Category: Sustainability
Nigerian regulator delays recapitalisation deadline
Nigeria’s National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has extended the insurance sector's recapitalisation deadline by six months to 31 December 2020.
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Global funders investing more to boost financial inclusion
International funders committed an estimated $47bn in 2018 for financial inclusion, a 12% increase from the prior year, signalling that financial incl [...]
Business interruption still keeps business leaders awake at night
Business interruption risks and supply chain resilience top the risk list for African CEOs and senior business leaders, according to the annual survey [...]
VIDEO: Which African governments are leading the way in making positive changes to improve insurance uptake?
Which African governments are leading the way in making positive changes to improve insurance uptake and what major challenges do they face? Jerem [...]
Climate change becoming a mainstream business risk
S&P has warned that businesses must wake up to climate change risks, as the issue becomes mainstream for the political finance community.
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Video: IDF calls on insurers to harness technology to grow emerging markets
Nigel Brook, partner at Clyde & Co, introduces a new paper from the Insurance Development Forum on how technology can help reduce the protecti [...]
Insurers must consider ESG to gain improved ratings
Insurers must increasingly factor ESG ratings into their investment approach, the approach of their own investors and into underwriting, as regulators [...]
Catastrophic events likely to reduce global economy
Some 1.55% of 2020 global GDP could be wiped off the global economy by catastrophic events, according to the Centre for Risk Studies at the University [...]
Insurers have role to play in building resilience in the face of increasing catastrophes across Africa
African leaders have been calling for special considerations at the COP 25 climate conference in Madrid, as floods inundate Kenya. Of particular conce [...]
Date for your 2020 diary
The third UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) event will take place at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe on 11-13 March, bringing together leading [...]