Category: Sustainability
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 [...]
Parametric solutions picking up across Africa
As technology improves, parametric solutions are increasingly being used across Africa to provide insurance for thousands of farmers who would otherwi [...]
VIDEO: How African countries can insure against Covid-19 outbreaks
Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) is undertaking an urgent exercise to model the potential impact of Covid-19 on Africa, to inform and guide member state [...]
Covid-19: How does microfinance weather the coming storm?
Covid-19 has unequivocally arrived in the developing world with thousands of cases reported across sub-Saharan Africa.
Greta Bull, CEO of CGap, warn [...]
ARC launches new paper on impact of Covid-19
Africa Risk Capacity is undertaking an urgent exercise to model the potential impact of Covid-19 on Africa to inform and guide member states. As it pu [...]
VIDEO: How Africa is responding to Covid-19
In Africa, the coronavirus has spread to dozens of countries within weeks. This video explains how the World Health Organization has been supporti [...]