Category: Social
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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New business development executive for ASR
Africa Specialty Risks Group (ASR), the pan-Africa-focused reinsurance group, has appointed Constança Sampaio Soares, who joins as one of the company’ [...]
Kenyan insurer moves towards virtual model
Medical provider AAR Insurance Kenya has launched a new mobile app as part of what it says is a strategy to become a branchless and paperless insurer. [...]
Covid-19 and sustainability likely to top insurance agenda for 2021
Covid-19 will be by far and away the most important theme in insurance throughout 2021, but sustainability will continue to be an essential long-term [...]
Continental Re positioned to deliver value post-Covid while CEO Dr Femi Oyetunji announces retirement
Almost 35 years after it was founded in Lagos, Nigeria, leading private pan-African reinsurer Continental Reinsurance today announced it is “deliverin [...]
Munich Re posts a profit but Covid-19 losses high
Munich Re has posted a 2020 profit of €1.2bn, despite Covid-19 losses of some €3.4bn, of which €370m was attributable to life and health reinsurance, [...]
Tech talent a struggle for small businesses in South Africa
Two thirds (67%) of South African small businesses struggle to source the right tech talent, according to research from business platform Xero.
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