Category: Sustainability
Kenya insurance sector rising outstanding premiums tests insurers and intermediaries partnership
Kenya’s insurance sector outstanding premiums have crossed the KES50bn mark, putting a spotlight on insurers and intermediaries in the east African ma [...]
VIDEO: Insurers need more specialised professionals to serve clients well
As part of a round table hosted by Africa Ahead and sponsored by Mukfin, Junior Ngulube, a director at Santam and Continental Reinsuranc [...]
VIDEO: As natural catastrophes across Africa escalate, insurers explore how to manage agricultural risks
A group of insurers and risk professionals from across Africa joined a round table, hosted by Africa Ahead and sponsored by Mukfin, to discuss the [...]
Activism could ‘push’ crude oil pipeline to banks, insurers with scant regard for ESG
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The sustained push by activists to have major banks, insurers and reinsurers publicly commit to steer [...]
IFRS17 is key to insurance accounting and reporting, NAICOM seminar reports
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) in Nigeria says that IFRS17 is of utmost significance in the realm of insurance accounting and financial re [...]
Uganda lawmakers, civil society push for speedy implementation of NHI
The story of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Uganda is far from over, with numerous challenges and debates expected in the coming month [...]
Africa’s large asset managers up the ante on responsible investing, sustainability
Responsible investing is one of six major local and global asset management themes that South Africa’s large asset managers are keeping an eye on this [...]
Private underwriters to manage claims in Kenya’s planned KES133bn social health insurance
Kenya’s medical insurance firms and claims settling agents will be contracted by the State to review and process claims in the planned social health i [...]
Surge in diaspora products reshapes Zimbabwe’s insurance landscape
The past three years have seen a mass exodus of Zimbabweans to join a growing diaspora, largely based in the United Kingdom. This migration was enable [...]
Data drives Africa’s response to flood catastrophe, as climate-related losses soar
Drought and flood will dominate Africa’s natural catastrophe landscape, especially as the so-called El Niño weather phenomena gathers strength into 20 [...]