Tag: Editor's Pick
Global energy shocks demand a bigger role for insurers in Africa
Energy has taken centre stage across Africa as the US-Iran conflict and consequent disruption to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz winds into its s [...]
Why Nigeria’s creative economy needs insurance protection for resilience
For more than two decades, Nigerians watched Ngozi Nwosu bring laughter into their homes. As Peace in the popular television sitcom Fuji House of Comm [...]
Burkina Faso widens agricultural insurance to protect livestock
Having already provided cover for maize, millet, sorghum, cowpeas, groundnuts, soya, cotton, sesame, fonio, yams, potatoes and rice, Burkina Faso [...]
Nigeria insurers face test of putting fresh capital to work after raising US$813m
Nigeria’s insurers have emerged from a major recapitalisation exercise with ₦1.079 trillion (US$813 million) in fresh capital. The next test is whethe [...]
VIDEO: Fears of Super El Niño encouraging risk management
Philip Lokopoiyit, CEO of ICEALion Group, talks to Liz Booth about the risks of flooding in Kenya and the wider fears of a super El Niño [...]
PODCAST: Insurers must prepare for threat of Super El Niño
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites series, Udai Patel, CEO of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, talks to Liz Booth about the growing thr [...]
African insurers on notice as AI tests cyber insurance boundaries in the West
The increasing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Western markets is testing the boundaries of cyber insurance, forcing insurers to reconside [...]
Insurers challenged to move beyond paying losses to closing Africa’s resilience financing gap
Africa’s insurers and reinsurers can do way more than protect policyholders’ assets and turnovers from perils. They also have the opportunity to i [...]
Claims-made policies: Why timing can determine whether a claim is insured
In a February 2026 judgment, the Cape Town High Court held that an insurance broker was not entitled to indemnification under its professional ind [...]
Zimbabwe’s cover decline highlights need for more flexible insurance products
Zimbabwe’s insurance market could unlock wider and more sustainable coverage by offering products that better reflect customers’ cash flows on the bac [...]