Category: Social
ASR secures new capacity for PVT
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-Africa-focused reinsurance group, has secured an additional $10m capacity for its political violence and terrori [...]
Mass troop deployment in South Africa only a stopgap as global demos rise rapidly
A new intelligence and analysis practice has warned that South Africa faces further violence in the medium term and that mass troop deployment is only [...]
Billions set to be claimed via Sasria after South African riots
The widespread civil unrest looting and property that happened in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng during the past few days has necessitated questions regard [...]
Kenya’s top lender banks on DRC Congo for sustained growth
Kenya’s top lender Equity Group is counting on DRC Congo for sustained growth after completing the second acquisition deal in the central Africa count [...]
The anatomy of a civil commotion
South Africa Inc is tallying up the costs of a four-day looting spree that has affected all manner of business in areas in and around Durban and Johan [...]
Self-service should speed claims process by Kenyan insurer
Kenyan insurer CIC Group has launched a claims self-service provider portal for garages and assessors to increase efficiency in the claims’ reconcilia [...]
Insurers urged to back startups that can drive climate-related innovation
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is recommending that development financial institutions and other investors focus on high-impact, high-growth-pote [...]
Insurance innovation key in house building initiative
For many Nigerians in the lower and middle classes, owning a home remains a lifelong dream due to the enormous cash needed to either buy or build a ho [...]
ARC launches work in Sudan
African Risk Capacity (ARC) has launched its work in Sudan with a workshop to introduce country experts to the ARC Treaty Ratification, recently signe [...]
Allianz: 9 trends to watch as aviation readies for post Covid-19 takeoff
The sudden halt imposed on the aviation industry by the Covid-19 crisis hit the aviation sector hard with, in April 2020, two thirds of the global [...]