Tag: Editor's Pick
Owning data may become a thing of the past as AI develops, leading reinsurers say
Working together and sharing data might be the answer to enabling the African insurance market to reach its full potential, believe some of the contin [...]
Sustainable insurance hinges on better data and pricing discipline as risks evolve
The risks keep evolving and 2026 has started with the whole gamut, with events across the world highlighting the need for sustainable and affordab [...]
Insurance as an enabler of economic growth cannot be understated, AIO forum speakers stress
Insurance has an ever more important role to play in enabling business, allowing for infrastructure development and building communities.
That was [...]
Fresh capital flows into African insurance market signal rising investor confidence
As the African Insurance Organisation’s general assembly got underway in Cairo, two new private capital vehicles announced moves into the African insu [...]
Pools could unlock Africa’s capacity to insure complex risks
Africa boasts some 78 insurance pools across the continent out of a global total of 451, delegates at the 52nd general assembly of the Africa Insuranc [...]
PODCAST: Is the insurance market really managing the AI transition safely?
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series, Udai Patel, of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth, of Africa Ahead, debate whether [...]
AI takes centre stage in Africa’s war on insurance fraud amid faster claims processing
As insurers operating in Africa embed artificial intelligence (AI) in their underwriting processes, faster claims processing and tighter fraud con [...]
Tailored products key to unlocking microinsurance uptake among small businesses, study finds
Aggrey Mulumbi, managing director of KCB Bancassurance Intermediary, Dr. Caleb Odhiambo Onjure and Professor Jane Muriithi continue with the discussio [...]
Insurers rattled as extreme weather resets South Africa’s risk outlook
The benign catastrophe loss experience celebrated by South Africa’s insurers in their 2024 and 2025 annual reports has been ripped asunder by signific [...]
Marine insurance emerges as Uganda’s new frontline in cargo trade
Marine insurance is moving from the margins of Uganda’s import business to the centre of the country’s trade conversation as pressure grows on cargo o [...]