Category: Sustainability
Uganda dithers on social health insurance plan as that of Kenya gets underway
Uganda is still dithering on the rollout of its National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which is designed to provide affordable healthcare to all citi [...]
New microinsurance and agriculture pool planned for Africa, says AIO
New microinsurance and agriculture insurance pool for Africa planned as the Microinsurance Network (MiN), the global community dedicated to developing [...]
More than one-third of the global population at risk from flooding, warns Moody’s
Some 2.7-billion people – more than one-third of the global population – reside in areas vulnerable to inland or coastal flooding, according to a new [...]
First insurance payout to Red Cross after thresholds reached
For the first time, an insurance payout has been triggered by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies’ Disaster Response [...]
African reinsurers looking resilient and set to grow, says AM Best
High commodity prices, volatile and double-digit inflation, and a general deterioration in macroeconomic conditions in the aftermath of recent externa [...]
ASR names new marine and aviation lead as Aurélien Sauty
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African and Middle East-focused (re)insurance group, has appointed Aurélien Sauty to lead its new marine and avi [...]
Ibrahima Cheikh Diong named as first executive director of the fund for responding to loss and damage
The board of the fund for responding to loss and damage (FRLD) has named Ibrahima Cheikh Diong as its first executive director, for a four-year term b [...]
VIDEO: Mauritian insurance industry reaching out to connect with Africa and beyond
Vasish Ramkhalawan, secretary general of the Insurers Association of Mauritius, talks to Liz Booth about the unique challenges facing the island's [...]
Africa insurance market has collaboration in clear focus as climate change rings disruption
Insurers, regulators and governments in Africa have the aim of collaboration in clear focus in order to navigate an era marked by climate change, [...]
Closing disaster risk response gap key in addressing Africa’s rising natural disasters
With some 700 million Africans living without any form of insurance protection, the race is on to close the protection gap.
Africa Risk Capacity Li [...]