Category: Sustainability
AI-driven scams prompt Ugandan insurers to seek shared fraud database
Uganda’s insurance industry is considering the creation of a shared fraud database as part of efforts to counter increasingly sophisticated scams that [...]
Zimbabwe’s funeral cover boom constrains reinsurance market
Zimbabwe’s insurance industry is experiencing a structural imbalance that analysts say is quietly limiting the growth of reinsurance and broader risk [...]
Opinion: Distribution strategy is crucial in improving access to microinsurance products
Aggrey Mulumbi, managing director of KCB Bancassurance Intermediary, Dr. Caleb Odhiambo Onjure and Professor Jane Muriithi continue with the discussio [...]
How Islamic insurance could transform Uganda’s low penetration rates
The launch of Uganda’s first Islamic insurance company is being seen as a potentially transformative moment for the country’s insurance industry, whic [...]
Fresh floods test risk models as Kenya’s insurers weigh options
Fresh floods sweeping across parts of Kenya are once again putting the country’s insurance sector under strain, barely two years after insurers paid o [...]
Santam Ltd enjoyed 14.7% increase in net earned premium in 2025, with an optimistic forecast
Santam Limited, South Africa’s largest general insurer and the holding company of Santam Syndicate 1918, has reported double-digit growth in the finan [...]
Cyber insurance rates likely to rise as Gulf war continues
Rising conflict risk linked to the US, Israel and Iran is pushing insurers and insureds to reassess exposure not only across marine and trade routes, [...]
Capacity in the aerospace market remains strong, reports WTW
Insurance capacity in the aerospace market remains strong, according to broker WTW, which is a timely finding as the African Development Bank (AfDB) l [...]
Marine insurers face threat from insureds’ AI adoption
The speed with which the global maritime industry is adopting artificial intelligence (AI) technology to optimise operations, recruitment and maintena [...]
Gulf region risk update: blocking & trapping and war risk cover overview
The security situation in the Gulf region has deteriorated rapidly since 28 February 2026, when the US began a series of strikes against Iran, which r [...]