Category: Social
ESG top of agenda for African actuaries
African actuaries have launched a taskforce to train insurers and other professionals on environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks.
Formed b [...]
Kenya’s underwriters wary of insuring commercial motorcycles and three-wheelers
Kenya's underwriters are worried that they might face a high claims ratio in the proposed compulsory third-party insurance for commercial motorcycles [...]
Growing cyber threats to the insurance sector
There are many threats currently targeting the insurance sector and these threats have grown over the last few years significantly. This is primarily [...]
Buying motor cover via mobile phone set to change Nigerian insurance landscape?
ETAP, an insurtech startup that makes it easier to buy and claim insurance, has secured $1.5m in pre-seed funding to grow its team and drive the adopt [...]
ATI driving awareness of insurance in Togo
The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) has been driving awareness about political (investment) and credit risk insurance in Togo, in L [...]
Finance sector must go green to overcome climate gaps
Green banks have a critical role to play in overcoming climate finance gaps, participants in a recent African Development Bank event agreed.
Organi [...]
Seven risk drivers in the tech and telecoms sector
Risks are interrelated and aggregated in the modern networked world:
Cybercrime threatens to outpace society’s ability to manage and respond to i [...]
IMF updates Climate Change Dashboard to add data for greater financial analysis
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has updated its Climate Change Indicators Dashboard – an international statistical initiative to address the gro [...]
South Africa’s future looking a little more positive
Positive developments on national economic investment and technology have given South Africa major impetus in terms of improving its global risk profi [...]
Price Forbes ties in with Medu Capital for southern Africa growth
Price Forbes South Africa has announced that Medu Capital is to support its buy-and-build strategy.
Medu Capital is a 100% black-owned investment m [...]