Category: Sustainability

AI is outpacing governance systems, warns Willis
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping how risk is understood, priced and managed, but the rate of adoption is outpacing existing AI govern [...]

PODCAST: Is the insurance market really managing the AI transition safely?
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series, Udai Patel, of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth, of Africa Ahead, debate whether [...]

AI takes centre stage in Africa’s war on insurance fraud amid faster claims processing
As insurers operating in Africa embed artificial intelligence (AI) in their underwriting processes, faster claims processing and tighter fraud con [...]

Tailored products key to unlocking microinsurance uptake among small businesses, study finds
Aggrey Mulumbi, managing director of KCB Bancassurance Intermediary, Dr. Caleb Odhiambo Onjure and Professor Jane Muriithi continue with the discussio [...]

Insurers rattled as extreme weather resets South Africa’s risk outlook
The benign catastrophe loss experience celebrated by South Africa’s insurers in their 2024 and 2025 annual reports has been ripped asunder by signific [...]

Zimbabwe bets on insurance innovation model to reach underserved markets
Zimbabwe has launched its first insurance regulatory sandbox in a move the regulator and industry players say could reshape the country’s financial se [...]

CIMA zone insurers urged to overhaul marketing strategies to grow penetration
As an insurance advisor and consultant specialising in marketing management for insurance companies, business development and the customer experie [...]

Nigeria positions Insurance Week as platform for feedback and market expansion
The second edition of Nigeria’s Insurance Week returned with a continued emphasis on product reform and expanding public awareness as the industry see [...]

African cities use nature to fight floods and climate change
Marc Manyifika, lead, urban resilience, Africa, Eden Takele, engagement & communications specialist, climate programme and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, WRI Africa, Meghan Stromberg, urban resilience programme associate, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities; Alemakef Tassew, urban development project specialist, WRI Africa, and Adane Kebede, nature-based solution specialist, all at the World Resources Institute May 21, 2026
From Kinshasa to Dire Dawa, cities across Africa are discovering that wetlands, trees and parks could be their strongest defence against climate chang [...]

LMA mulling over new standard war risk clauses
The marine market could soon see new standard war risk clauses after the Lloyd’s Market Association said it was considering a major rewrite of the cla [...]
