Category: Sustainability
PODCAST: Africa Ascending Ep 10: Reducing corruption across Africa: do insurers have a role?
Welcome to Africa Ascending, a podcast series looking at key issues affecting the African business environment and its impact on the insurance sect [...]
VIDEO: Insurance Matters: The future of leadership
As part of the series of podcasts and videos from Continental Reinsurance, a thought-provoking session with speaker William Mzimba, on b [...]
Disciplined pricing and resilient infrastructure are key to profitable insurance in Africa
Disciplined and principled underwriting is non-negotiable if Africa’s insurers and reinsurers are to build sustainable businesses in today’s compl [...]
Uganda calls for CPD, mentorship to avert US$35.8m annual loss from insurance skills gap
Uganda’s insurance players are pushing for increased emphasis on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and mentorship programmes in a bid to addre [...]
Zimbabwe approves marine insurance domestication rules to avert capital flight
Zimbabwean insurance firms are expecting a surge in marine insurance business after the government issued a statutory instrument for domestication of [...]
Nigeria’s pandemic-sparked tech revolution in insurance lives on
The Covid-19 pandemic was a global health issue that affected virtually the entire world, with dire consequences on businesses around the globe.
Th [...]
Africa’s extractive boom offers major opportunity for local insurers, suggests head of Ivory Coast risk managers’ body
In this interview, Sandé Fatola, President of the Ivorian Risk Management and Business Insurance Network (RIMRAE), discusses the various risks ass [...]
VIDEO: Wisdom Circle Ep 1: Conti Re, 40 years, annual CEO summit
Continental Reinsurance is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. In this first episode of Wisdom Circle, at its annual CEO summit in Cape To [...]
Insurance particularly vulnerable to AI threats, claims new research
New research suggests financial services and insurance companies are at particular risk from artificial intelligence (AI) after finding that almost al [...]
Global protection gap down thanks to high US natural catastrophe losses, says Aon
The global protection gap has shrunk to its lowest level on record to 38%, according to the half-year natural catastrophe report from Aon, but the fig [...]