Category: Sustainability
AM Best affirms Ghana Re’s rating, with a stable outlook
AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of C++ (marginal) and the long-term issuer credit rating of “b+” (marginal) of Ghana Reinsurance PL [...]
Natural catastrophes down in 2025 but leave no room for complacency, warns Willis
Natural catastrophes caused more than US$100 billion in insured losses in 2025, the sixth consecutive year above that threshold, yet a decrease of US$ [...]
AM Best affirms Africa Re’s A financial strength rating
AM Best has affirmed Africa Re’s A-level financial strength rating, in a move which the reinsurer said “further reinforces the Corporation’s posi [...]
Aviation market still in state of flux, warns WTW
The aviation insurance sector entered 2026 still grappling with the aftershocks of geopolitical upheaval, market volatility, and evolving risk landsca [...]
Devastating floods and wildfires test South Africa’s New Year cheer
Insurers are bracing themselves after the first weeks of 2026 brought the worst flooding in 26 years to parts of South Africa’s Limpopo and Mpumalanga [...]
IAIS launches regulatory roadmap for 2026-2027
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has published a roadmap for the next two years, outlining its strategic priorities and w [...]
VIDEO: ESG a work in progress for African insurers
Roelof Coertze, Prudential plc's environment director, talks to Africa Ahead about his work and the way in which African insurers are adopting ESG [...]
Africa’s 2026 insurance calendar sends clear message that sustainability is not about to slip off the agenda
As Africa’s insurance sector begins 2026, one clear theme emerges from the continent’s packed conference calendar: sustainability. This is building on [...]
Breaking the drought cycle: How the DRIVE insurance programme is redefining climate risk resilience for Horn of Africa pastoralists
Rhoda Rubaiza, project lead, and Regina Kwengwere, monitoring and evaluation expert, at ZEP-RE PTA Reinsurance Company, reveals the successes of t [...]
Opinion: Why Nigeria’s 2060 net zero target requires stronger laws and enforcement
Chinenye Nriezedi-Anejionu, senior lecturer at Nottingham Law School, reflects on the persisting legal, regulatory, institutional and infrastructural [...]