Tag: Editor's Pick
PODCAST: Africa Re celebrates half a century
In the latest of our podcast series, Africa Ascending Bites, Udai Patel, CEO of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth, editorial director o [...]
Kenya’s tighter marine placement rules test local insurers’ capacity
Kenya’s tighter marine placement rules are set to test insurers’ capacity as the country moves to close gaps that had slowed the implementation of the [...]
Zimbabwe motor insurers rethink risk as claims costs outpace premiums
Zimbabwe's motor insurers are coming under increasing pressure to innovate as rising claims costs, particularly on older vehicles, continue to strain [...]
Digital innovations drive scale in Uganda’s low-income insurance market
For decades, insurance in Uganda was largely perceived as a service for wealthy individuals, large corporations and formally employed workers. But thi [...]
Parametric insurance struggles for scale in Nigeria despite climate risk urgency
Parametric insurance offers faster claims and improved risk management. Yet its adoption in Nigeria remains constrained by data gaps, low awareness, r [...]
VIDEO: Will artificial intelligence replace underwriters and brokers within the next decade?
Sam Norman Sali, managing director of Visal Reinsurance Brokers, and Cole Baidoo, chief technology officer at ALX Holdings, examine the rapid adva [...]
PODCAST: Is the Middle East going to become the hub for Africa?
In this episode of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series, Udai Patel of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth of Africa Ahead, discuss [...]
Why Africa’s insurers must rethink how they choose reinsurance solutions
For insurers, reinsurance is a necessary backstop. They use reinsurance to transfer risk, stabilise earnings and protect capital. The place of rei [...]
Africa’s re/insurers at the crossroads of geopolitics and the AI revolution
Africa’s insurers and reinsurers will play a significant role in enabling the reindustrialisation that is taking place as today’s apparently cyclical [...]
Carbon credit insurance rises amid scrutiny of Africa’s offset market
Carbon insurance is emerging as a growing niche in global climate finance. Insurers and reinsurers are beginning to price risks linked to the reliabil [...]