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New kind of insurance force emerging across Africa
The African insurance market has been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic, with firms across the continent re-assessing their priorities, but it has no [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
VIDEO: How to manage customers and win more business
In this difficult period, African reinsurers recently discussed ways to manage customer demands and help customers through the Covid-19 pandemic a [...]
Cyber insurance market crucial part of resilience
The importance of cybersecurity and cyber risk mitigation is starkly illustrated by the rising cost to firms in dealing with data breaches. Global inf [...]
Speedy resolution unlikely as insureds seek BI certainty through the courts
South Africa’s non-life insurers have acknowledged the 15 September 2020 ruling handed down by the UK High Court in a test case brought against eight [...]
VIDEO: Insurers and the media must work together to drive insurance penetration into new segments
Zimbabwean insurance regulator Grace Muradzikwa warns the industry that it must do more to promote the good things that the insurance in [...]
More must be done on driving UN sustainable development goals forward
The insurance industry lacks a systematic mapping of sustainable products and services, warned the UN-PSI and Swiss Re at the fourth in their series o [...]
Reinsurers holding firm despite Covid-19 concerns
Two of Africa’s largest reinsurers have reported a solid first half-year, despite Covid-19, but both remain cautious about the months ahead.
Firstl [...]
VIDEO: Tough few months ahead for African insurance markets
As we approach the renewal season, reinsurers from across Africa spoke about their fears of the impact Covid-19 will have on the insurance markets [...]