Tag: Editor's Pick
VIDEO: Regulators prepping industry for myriad challenges
With the Gulf war continuing and the insurance sector facing many challenges, a group of regulators spoke at the 11th Continental Re Summit of the nee [...]
PODCAST: Shaping changing regulation in the Zambian market
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series and after a recent visit to Zambia, Udai Patel, of Afro Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Boo [...]
Africa’s insurance executives challenged to move from talk to action amid evolving risk landscape
The authors are winners at the recent Continental Re 11th Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards 2026. Henry Uche topped the English Online ca [...]
How AI risks in compliance spill over into broader insurance sustainability
The elephant in the room in the 21st-century risk landscape is not how insurers and reinsurers are deploying artificial intelligence (AI) across the i [...]
World Bank-backed satellite cover showcases climate risk transfer with record payouts in a week
When the October-December rains failed across the Horn of Africa, 71,290 pastoralist families didn't have to wait. By the time governments gathered to [...]
Mixed bag for insurers as Uganda tables tax amendments
Uganda’s proposed tax amendments for the financial year 2026-2027 are drawing mixed reactions, with players in the insurance sector warning that some [...]
Nigeria sets stage for policyholders’ compensation with new guidelines
Insurance companies in Nigeria will begin contributing 0.25% of their net premium income to a dedicated compensation fund for policyholders in the eve [...]
Emeritus Re positions for growth with CIMA zone expansion
After 40 years in the southern African insurance market, with a presence in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, the reinsurance com [...]
Insurance singled out as key tool in unlocking Africa’s US$4 trillion domestic capital
Across Africa, domestic financial resources have expanded significantly, now exceeding US$4 trillion. But as the Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) note [...]
VIDEO: From war to floods, 2026 has started with a bang
The insurance industry needs to be nimble like never before as a combination of war and natural perils create an unwelcome start to the year, as p [...]