Category: Social
Sasria relaunches cover for riots and terrorism for South African businesses
South Africa’s only special risk insurer, Sasria SOC, has relaunched its wrap cover, restoring a critical layer of insurance capacity for large corpor [...]
Insurers must have support if they are to close the protection gap, finds IDF
Increasing insurability is a necessary condition for closing protection gaps—but it is not sufficient on its own, agreed delegates at a forum convened [...]
Cyber risks increasing alongside geopolitical tensions, warns Geneva Association
As geopolitical tensions intensify and digital interdependence deepens, cyber incidents are becoming more frequent, sophisticated and costly, with med [...]
Africa’s sustainable finance challenge is moving beyond risk to impact
Allocators of capital that wish to stand out in today’s competitive global finance and investment landscape must find ways to create impact in add [...]
CIMA region: the need to reform claims settlement to improve insurance penetration
In the CIMA region, late claims settlement – or even non-payment – is one of the main factors that has a lasting impact on public confidence in in [...]
Move innovations beyond boardrooms to deliver impact for policyholders, Uganda’s insurers urged
Uganda’s insurance sector players have been urged to move beyond boardroom concepts and pilot projects and transform innovations into practical, acces [...]
Insurers lead the way in South African impact awards
Insurers featured highly as winners of the inaugural Alexforbes Paragon Impact Awards. The awards recognise JSE Top 100 listed companies demonstrating [...]
ATIDI strengthening business in Tanzania
The African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) held its Board meeting in Tanzania, underscoring the country’s strategi [...]
Demand for political risk insurance growing in view of Middle East crisis
The US-Israel war with Iran is destabilising much of the surrounding Middle East, with businesses such as hotels, data centres and pipelines facing he [...]
Middle East tensions ripple across insurance and commodity markets, reaching Africa
It did not take long for the Iran-Israel-United States (US) conflict to spill over into the entire Middle East region, resulting in major disrupti [...]