Category: Sustainability
New global early-stage carbon credit delivery insurance product launching out of London
Tokio Marine International (TMHCCI), joined by Markel and Apollo, are providing insurance capacity for Artio, to power its data-driven early-stage car [...]
First parametric exchange opens for London market business
The London market has its first parametric exchange connecting brokers, carriers and data providers.
Yokah has launched cat-risk.com, the first ind [...]
Africa’s rising climate risk: ZEP-RE’s Hope Murera calls for collaborative effort in strengthening disaster and climate resilience
While events like hurricanes in Florida, cyclones in Australia, or the California wildfires seem to dominate the global headlines, Africa is equal [...]
Technological innovation fuelling growth in Uganda’s insurance sector
The insurance industry in Uganda is undergoing a transformation, driven by technological innovation as the East African country pushes to reduce the p [...]
Search for stability drives more Zimbabweans to foreign currency-denominated life policies
More Zimbabweans are ditching locally-priced insurance policies for foreign-currency denominated ones in search of stability amid volatile foreign exc [...]
Opinion: Dismissal of insurance actions for unreasonable delay in South Africa
An inordinate or unreasonable delay in prosecution of an action may warrant the dismissal of the action, although this is unusual even though the Sout [...]
New insurance regulations in the CIMA zone: It was long overdue
At the end of 2024, the Council of Ministers of the Inter-African Conference on Insurance Markets (CIMA) adopted new regulations on the security a [...]
South Africa’s Santam ride on sustainable underwriting for growth, profitability
The question of whether South Africa’s non-life insurers remain focused on sustainable underwriting is answered in Santam Limited’s 2024 Annual Report [...]
Insurers must capitalise on AfCFTA for industry growth, suggests Nigeria’s regulator
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has urged insurance companies in Nigeria to take advantage of opportunities presented by the African Contin [...]
Spending on clean energy set to rise by a third, but buying the right insurance remains a challenge
Natural resources are at a tipping point, with average spend across the industry on clean energy technologies expected to increase by more than a thir [...]