Category: Social
Millions of South Africans avoid preventative health screenings due to a lack of financial access
Insurers could have an opportunity to build market penetration after the Covid-19 crisis, as it has highlighted a lack of access to primary healthcare [...]
Is this the new normal?
When the South African government first announced a national lockdown back in March, countless businesses were left scrambling to make working from ho [...]
Insurers have golden opportunity to grow their businesses
Insurers across Africa often argue that microinsurance business is unprofitable and that they would rather stick with markets offering better returns. [...]
Food security becoming major issue in nine African countries
Insured risks multiply when food security threaten livelihoods and even lives, as insurers are well aware. Now the UN's Food and Agriculture Organizat [...]
ARC makes second major payment to an African government within days
ARC Insurance Limited has made an insurance payout totalling $1,755,890 to the Zimbabwe government and the UN World Food Programme (WFP), just days af [...]
VIDEO: Insurers have unique opportunities through Covid-19
It will be up to insurers themselves and their resilience as to whether they come out of the Covid-19 crisis in better shape or not. In a roundtab [...]
Economic risk set to outweigh health risks post-Covid-19, warns Control Risks
African economies are facing a challenging time post-Covid-19, with associated political and security risk implications, according to a new report fro [...]
Lloyd’s produces blueprint for Covid-19 recovery
Lloyd’s has published a number of ways the insurance industry could fast-track global economic and societal recovery from the far-reaching impacts of [...]
Africa could emerge stronger post-Covid-19, with the private sector playing a key role
The sudden rise and sweep of Covid-19 has left African telecoms tycoon Mo Ibrahim impressed with Africa’s immediate response, but cautious about the c [...]
Training launched to help insurers ahead of disaster shocks
Training that will help build the knowledge of the private sector, African governments and the international community to better carry out financial p [...]