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Super El Niño warnings raise urgency for collaborative African risk management efforts
Warnings that the 2026/27 El Niño could become one of the strongest on record are sharpening the focus on how Africa can prepare for a climate shock t [...]
Burkina Faso widens agricultural insurance to protect livestock
Having already provided cover for maize, millet, sorghum, cowpeas, groundnuts, soya, cotton, sesame, fonio, yams, potatoes and rice, Burkina Faso [...]
An abundance of uncertainities facing insurers, warns Munich Re
At present, the market environment is facing an abundance of uncertainties: the consequences of climate change, geopolitical tensions and rapid techno [...]
Reinsurance capital hitting record levels, says Aon
Global reinsurance capital has reached a record US$800 billion, leading Aon to suggest the market will become “more flexible” in 2027.
The views fr [...]
Reinsurance: a buyers market, says Marsh Re
Insureds will find plenty of capacity as the market heads towards the January 1 reinsurance renewals, according to Marsh Re (the newly renamed Guy Car [...]
Insurers challenged to move beyond paying losses to closing Africa’s resilience financing gap
Africa’s insurers and reinsurers can do way more than protect policyholders’ assets and turnovers from perils. They also have the opportunity to i [...]
Zimbabwe’s cover decline highlights need for more flexible insurance products
Zimbabwe’s insurance market could unlock wider and more sustainable coverage by offering products that better reflect customers’ cash flows on the bac [...]
Kenya’s medical insurers rethink portfolios as they pursue sustainable underwriting
Kenya’s medical insurers are putting quality ahead of quantity as they reshape portfolios to support more sustainable covers by either exiting persist [...]
Continental Re expands with new Rwanda office
Continental Reinsurance is to open an office in Rwanda after being granted a licence by the National Bank of Rwanda to establish a representative offi [...]
Aviation insurers facing new challenges as market shifts, says WTW
Aviation insurers are increasingly managing the tension between protecting short-term income and maintaining long-term profitability, according to a n [...]