Category: Social
Cat bonds surpassed US$21 billion in past 12 months, reports Aon
Catastrophe bond issuance surpassed US$21 billion during the most active 12-month period in the history of the insurance-linked security (ILS) market. [...]
ATIDI works to boost Japan’s links to Africa
To deepen economic ties between Japan and Africa, the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI), Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group [...]
Africa Re announces strong half-year 2025 financial results
African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) has reported strong financial results for the first half of 2025, underpinned by continued growth in p [...]
Ethiopia’s bold bet on community-based health insurance to break cycle of out-of-pocket spending
Abebe Tadesse, a middle-aged farmer living in the dusty highlands of Debub Bench in southern Ethiopia, still recalls the night his daughter was struck [...]
Ugandan insurers urged to tap pension sector as regulators back innovation
Uganda’s underwriters are being urged to deepen their footprint in the country’s underdeveloped pension sector, with regulators pledging support for i [...]
AI, climate and distribution take centre stage at Africa’s premier insurance event
The second day of the 51st African Insurance Exchange (AIE 2025) got underway on a cold but sunshiny winter’s day at Sun City, South Africa. But your [...]
Seeding sustainable growth across African insurance markets
The 51st African Insurance Exchange (AIE 2025), hosted at Sun City in South Africa, brought together more than 1,200 insurance professionals from 20 c [...]
Capacity building and local context key to sustainable cross-border African insurance
Insurance and reinsurance brokers seeking to conduct cross-border business in Africa must contend with four major hurdles: capacity constraints, f [...]
UNDP unveils initiative to scale inclusive insurance solutions in more than 30 countries
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a platform to bring together insurance innovators to support, strengthen and scale inclus [...]
Santam plans Lloyd’s syndicate with ambitious growth promised
South Africa’s largest short-term insurer, Santam, has been granted in principle approval by Lloyd’s to launch a syndicate based in London.
The gro [...]