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Insurance media awards open for sixth year
Business journalists from across Africa are invited to submit, within the next three months, entries for the sixth edition of the Pan-African Re/Insur [...]
Political violence fears not materialising across Africa
Across the world, businesses fear that political violence and civil disruption may be on the rise in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent [...]
Women in insurance across Africa meet to strengthen ties
The Organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers (OESAI) has been driving the diversity agenda among insurers across Africa. It recently partn [...]
East African resilience being tested by Covid-19
Insurers need to keep a weather eye on the resilience of their customers if they are to succeed in the post-Covid-19 environment. And now, two recent [...]
Insurers need to grab opportunity to have say in urban growth
Insurers may have a new chance to become involved in major infrastructure projects, as a Green Cities Initiative and Action Plan has been launched by [...]
Africa has golden opportunity for transformation
The Covid-19 pandemic has eroded the overall improvement in risk-reward scores seen across the African continent in recent years, but this should not [...]
GIRL event lining up for 10 September
Women working in the insurance sector across Africa are being urged to join a webinar from the Organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers (O [...]
Global resilience hit hard by Covid-19 pandemic, but insurance has key role for future
The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to reduce global macroeconomic resilience by about 20% in 2020 from 2019 levels, according to the latest annual Swis [...]
Rebuilding Africa and strengthening its resilience against future economic shocks
After demonstrating its resilience during the ebola outbreak and the global financial crisis, Africa is once again facing a severe test of its strengt [...]
Willis signs deal on disease modelling
The Willis Research Network (WRN) has agreed a new partnership with Metabiota, a risk analytics organisation that specialises in infectious diseases m [...]