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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, [...]
Boost for microinsurance from African Development Bank
African women will be able to access microinsurance more easily thanks to a grant from the African Development Bank (AfDB) for research that will incr [...]
Sanlam Namibia encourages young people to launch businesses
Sanlam has opened its entrepreneurial support programme, Sanlam Bridge. The programme is a launchpad for Namibia’s future business leaders who have in [...]
Renewable energy leads demand for CPRI, says broker
Credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker BPL Global has published its annual Market Insight report, revealing a snapshot of claims, emerging [...]
Minet Kenya named as best business insurance broker
Insurance broker Minet Kenya has been named as the overall best insurance broker of the year for 2020, during the Think Business Insurance Awards.
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