Category: Social
Innovative financing holds key to Uganda’s national health insurance dream amid sustainability fears
For more than two decades, Uganda’s ambition to establish a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has remained one of the country’s most anticipated [...]
Collaboration essential if continent is to achieve disciplined, sustainable pricing
The challenges facing the African insurance market continue to put pressure on pricing, with a continued global softening in rates.
Guy Carpenter & [...]
Africa’s insurance markets must learn as risk changes
As the Organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers (OESAI) gathers around the theme of building resilience through sustainable and inclus [...]
Kenya’s College of Insurance eyes bigger role as Africa’s insurance industry evolves
Kenya’s College of Insurance is entering a new phase of growth aimed at building on a decade of transformation that has expanded its training portfoli [...]
Low natural catastrophes help Munich Re to higher first half profits
Low numbers of natural catastrophes have helped Munich Re generate a net result of €2,211m (2,085m) in the second quarter of 2026 and €3,925m (3,178m) [...]
Embedding risk management key to development planning, suggests IDF
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) will look to embed risk management earlier in development planning and investment decisions to help build resili [...]
Rising cyber fraud drives SMEs to embrace insurance
For many small business owners in Lagos, the greatest threat to survival was no longer rising rents or inflation, but a fraudulent WhatsApp message, a [...]
Kenya’s microinsurance drive reflects Africa’s push to close protection gap
Kenya’s insurance sector is increasingly turning its attention to the informal economy and underserved small businesses, signalling a shift across [...]
Mobile money seen anchoring Uganda’s bid for inclusive insurance
Uganda’s insurance industry is increasingly embracing mobile-first distribution channels in a renewed push to lift insurance penetration from the curr [...]
Nigeria pilots building insurance scheme as template for nationwide rollout
Nigeria’s insurance market is being handed a potential scale opportunity as the regulator positions the newly launched Lagos State Building Insurance [...]