Category: Social
EIB agrees €60m financing to unlock African Trade Insurance Agency membership
Private sector investment of up to €1bn could be leveraged in Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad and Senegal, due to European Investment Bank (EIB) support for [...]
Understanding the risks of future cities – opportunities abound for African insurers
A new report from Lloyd’s shows that more than half the world’s population now lives in urban areas, up from a third in 1950, and this is projected to [...]
Resilience key to surviving post-pandemic environment
Looking at the current Covid-19 environment, Toavina Ramamonjiarisoa (pictured above), African Trade Insurance Agency’s acting/interim CEO, has warned [...]
Covid-19 sparks job reset
Covid-19 has caused a jobs crisis but if we are to recover from the pandemic, two more fundamental crises need tackling: climate change and the nature [...]
Insurers have golden opportunity to back Nigerian growth
Nigeria could realise its growth potential with greater connections between private and public enterprises, backed by insurance.
According to a new [...]
M-TIBA and Britam sign deal on health insurance
M-TIBA and Britam have agreed a new partnership to develop digital products to increase health insurance market penetration in Kenya.
The partnersh [...]
Brokerslink builds presence to 33 African countries
Intermediary network Brokerslink has announced the addition of Eswatini based Ensure Insurance Brokers (Ensure) to its international group, bringing i [...]
Economics worse than Covid-19 for many sub-Saharan Africa countries
In a warning for insurers looking to build their business back after Covid-19, a new report stresses that an unprecedented economic contraction has im [...]
South African insurer makes first donations as business model works
South Africa-based insurtech Naked Insurance has illustrated the mindshift taking place in insurer-customer interactions by handing over ZAR250,000 in [...]
85% of global investors want their capital to do good
A recent Morgan Stanley survey revealed that 85% of retail investors, which includes insurers, want their capital to be allocated to doing good and wo [...]