Category: Sustainability
Financial innovation needed to help Africa adapt to climate change, warns UN
The impact of global warming is costing African nations up to 5% of their economic output, the UN climate chief has warned.
According to Reuters, S [...]
UN leader calls for African debt relief, saying the continent’s finances are unsustainable
African countries’ inadequate access to debt relief and scarce resources is a recipe for social unrest, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio G [...]
Real-time travel assistance upgrade as Blink moves into Africa
Irish Insurtech Blink Parametric and Mawdy are extending their real-time travel assistance insurtech to the network of ceding insurers reinsured by MA [...]
How can insurers look to close the protection gap?
As talk turns to market equilibrium and stable rates, how can insurers continue to respond to customer demand while covering their cost of capital and [...]
Reimagining insurance with a comprehensive approach to gen AI
Despite forging ahead with generative AI (gen AI) use cases and capabilities, many insurance companies are finding themselves stuck in the pilot phase [...]
VIDEO: Climate change could be a unifying force for Africa, suggests Namibian regulator
Erich Gariseb, general manager: insurance and medical aid funds, Namfisa, talks to Liz Booth about the regulatory role in adapting to climate change [...]
African insurers must be at global ESG table to seize opportunities, suggests Sanlam sustainability chief
Something is changing on climate and that brings risks that the industry needs to manage, regardless of whether it is considered “climat [...]
Sociological and cultural factors holding back insurance uptake in Africa
Payaïssédé Salfo Ouédraogo, a lecturer and researcher in sociology at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, spoke to Africa Ahead on the sociological and cu [...]
Underwriters should sell exclusions to improve trust and uptake, suggests insurance association CEO
Insurers are being asked to disclose all exclusions in underwriting products at the time of onboarding customers if they are to improve trust levels a [...]
Gas project exit sounds an ominous note for South Africa’s energy transition plan
The sudden and somewhat unexpected decision by TotalEnergies to withdraw from a consortium formed to explore the commercial development of block 11B/1 [...]