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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 [...]
Stark contrast between Beirut and US shows value of insurance
The value of insurance is never in doubt among those involved in the sector. However, persuading others of the value of insurance is sometimes a hard [...]
Online training set to reach much broader audience
Insurers and reinsurers are using the experience gained during their hasty transition to a ‘work from home’ world to expand and improve their skills d [...]
Two Covid-19 modelling tools launched for Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and African Risk Capacity (ARC) have launched two Covid-19 modelling tools for Afri [...]
Covid-19 exposes protections gaps – an opportunity for insurers
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the protection gaps across Africa and presented insurers with a real opportunity to build their busine [...]
Award-winning Covid-19 equipment to be piloted in South Africa
A competition run by Munich Re will result in four projects being transformed into reality to help governments across Africa in the fight against Covi [...]
Warning for insurers as 62% of Kenyans looking to cut the price of their insurance
In what is a clear warning sign for insurers, a new survey has revealed that 62% of Kenyans are looking for better deals on their insurance premium as [...]