Category: Social
Small wind turbines could revolutionise electricty supply in rural Africa, suggests WRI
Much of the conversation around wind power often focuses on large-scale utility wind farms that provide energy to power grids deployed across cities, [...]
MGAs warned to improve governance around AI in new paper
Managing general agents have been urged to establish formal artificial intelligence (AI) governance frameworks before growing operational, cyber and r [...]
ZEP-RE Academy at ten reflects the growth of Africa’s insurance capability
Ten years ago, ZEP-RE Academy began with the belief that Africa's insurance and reinsurance industry could only grow as fast as the skills of the [...]
Digital innovations drive scale in Uganda’s low-income insurance market
For decades, insurance in Uganda was largely perceived as a service for wealthy individuals, large corporations and formally employed workers. But thi [...]
Parametric insurance struggles for scale in Nigeria despite climate risk urgency
Parametric insurance offers faster claims and improved risk management. Yet its adoption in Nigeria remains constrained by data gaps, low awareness, r [...]
How Nigeria’s startups are reinventing insurance for Gen Zs
For many young Nigerians, insurance has long been viewed as a product for older people, corporate workers, or vehicle owners. But a new generation of [...]
Forum stresses role of brokerage in boosting insurance uptake in CIMA zone
Insurance brokers in the CIMA region, united within the Inter-African Federation of Insurance Advisers (FIAC), wish to play their full part in imp [...]
Emirates launches comprehensive travel cover
Emirates has become the first airline in the world to offer comprehensive travel cover, an industry-first travel insurance product that handles it all [...]
Nearly 75% of aviation insurance professionals rank geopolitical instability as biggest threat, warns IUAI
Geopolitical instability, US claims inflation and supply chain disruption emerge as defining concerns for the aviation insurance market, according to [...]
Insurance as an enabler of economic growth cannot be understated, AIO forum speakers stress
Insurance has an ever more important role to play in enabling business, allowing for infrastructure development and building communities.
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