Category: Sustainability
Insurance key as African Risk Capacity and UN sign deal to boost financial tools
Insurance will lie at the heart of a new deal between the African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNC [...]
Africa set to build resilience through takaful insurance
Takaful insurance is set to play an even bigger role in building African insurance markets and increasing resilience, while reducing the protection ga [...]
More opportunities for insurers as investment into Africa continues
The Lord Mayor of London has promised a £10m boost for fintech startups across Africa, through the UK Department for International Development and the [...]
Zimbabwe hosting two major sustainability events next year
Zimbabwe has confirmed that it will host the sixth Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD), which will be held at Victoria Falls on 2 [...]
African insurers to expect greater scrutiny from UK investors
African businesses, including insurers, can expect UK investors to step up scrutiny of investments, as regulations related to climate change tighten. [...]
Boosts for agriculture insurance across Africa
Continental Reinsurance and Blue Marble Microinsurance have both announced new products for the agriculture insurance sector, as credit insurer Coface [...]
Implications of exploitation analysed
Global insurer Allianz has warned of the dangers of becoming linked to human exploitation through supply chains. In its Kink in the Chain report, it s [...]
Video: Winning the business case to invest in new markets
How can insurance become affordable to those who don’t have a dollar a day to buy it? Jeremy Leach, CEO of Inclusivity Solutions, argues there is [...]
New funding from the institutions to boost financial resilience
Among the latest initiatives to boost access to finance across Africa:
the African Development Bank, in partnership with the Climate Investment F [...]
UN launches first guide for insurers to protect world heritage sites
The first guide for the insurance industry to protect world heritage sites, which include Victoria Falls, has been launched by the UN Environment’s Fi [...]