Category: Social
The real impact of the crisis on SA’s economy
As calm steadily returns after the recent social unrest, analysts are hard at work tallying the cost of the looting and disruption to economic activit [...]
Insurance market likely to be impacted by South African riots
Reinsurers and insurers alike have warned that the South African riots are likely to impact pricing for insurance in the country going forward, as the [...]
Kenya’s NHIF looks to cut fraud in bid for sustainability
Kenya’s primary health cover provider, the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF), is counting on biometrics to speed up claims settlement and cut in [...]
ARC awarded top ESG score in the insurance industry
African Risk Capacity (ARC) Limited has received the global insurance industry’s top overall environmental, social and governance (ESG) score.
The [...]
ASR secures new capacity for PVT
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-Africa-focused reinsurance group, has secured an additional $10m capacity for its political violence and terrori [...]
Mass troop deployment in South Africa only a stopgap as global demos rise rapidly
A new intelligence and analysis practice has warned that South Africa faces further violence in the medium term and that mass troop deployment is only [...]
Billions set to be claimed via Sasria after South African riots
The widespread civil unrest looting and property that happened in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng during the past few days has necessitated questions regard [...]
Kenya’s top lender banks on DRC Congo for sustained growth
Kenya’s top lender Equity Group is counting on DRC Congo for sustained growth after completing the second acquisition deal in the central Africa count [...]
The anatomy of a civil commotion
South Africa Inc is tallying up the costs of a four-day looting spree that has affected all manner of business in areas in and around Durban and Johan [...]
Self-service should speed claims process by Kenyan insurer
Kenyan insurer CIC Group has launched a claims self-service provider portal for garages and assessors to increase efficiency in the claims’ reconcilia [...]