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Register now for the UN PSI Africa summit
Registration has opened for the forthcoming fourth UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) Africa summit, to be held in Nairobi and online on 22 [...]
Against the ropes – managing risk for a sustainable African future
A country’s ability to manage risks across the private and public sectors is central to creating a sustainable future.
The Institute of Risk Manage [...]
African insurers must digitalise to win customers
Africa’s insurance industry lags way behind telcos in terms of penetration across African markets, because it has been unwilling to leave traditional [...]
Businesses turning from board to external experts
As the Covid-19 pandemic places unprecedented demand on the global economy, businesses are increasingly turning away from their board and peers when i [...]
New head for F&I Insurance
Donovan Harvey, a financial management specialist and WITS MBA graduate, has been appointed managing director of South Africa-based F&I Insurance. [...]
Actuary joins ASR to focus on pricing models
Peter Way has been appointed as the first actuary to join Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), to focus specifically on the development of in-house pricing m [...]
Hollard Cigna Healthcare has signed DRC partnership
Hollard Cigna Healthcare has agreed a strategic partnership with Société Financière d’Assurance (SFA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Wi [...]
Covid-19 impact on gender diversity at work only just starting
The pandemic is a watershed moment for gender equality and an African Union report notes the importance of a gendered perspective in the analysis of t [...]
South Africa’s Budget offers opportunities for insurers
Insurers have welcomed the South African Budget as a new opportunity for infrastructure investment.
South Africa’s 2021 National Budget was designe [...]
Smart sensors are revolutionising the insurance and reinsurance sectors
There is a paradigm shift taking place in the insurance industry, driven by new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, [...]