Tag: Editor's Pick
Kenya’s medical insurers rethink portfolios as they pursue sustainable underwriting
Kenya’s medical insurers are putting quality ahead of quantity as they reshape portfolios to support more sustainable covers by either exiting persist [...]
Nigeria’s recapitalisation of insurers raises stakes for regulatory consistency
When the Nigeria Insurance Industry Reform Act (NIIRA 2025) was signed into law on 31 July 2025, it signalled a bold new chapter in the insurance sect [...]
VIDEO: Ethiopian insurance market on verge of major liberalisation
Yared Mola, chair of the Ethiopian Insurance Association and CEO of Nyala Insurance, talks about impending legal changes in Ethiopia which will pa [...]
PODCAST: Regional meetings help deliver greater professionalism
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites series, Udai Patel, CEO of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, talks to Liz Booth about the importance of regiona [...]
Collaboration essential if continent is to achieve disciplined, sustainable pricing
The challenges facing the African insurance market continue to put pressure on pricing, with a continued global softening in rates.
Guy Carpenter & [...]
Africa’s insurance markets must learn as risk changes
As the Organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers (OESAI) gathers around the theme of building resilience through sustainable and inclus [...]
Kenya’s flood risks drive tougher underwriting demands across market
Demands from reinsurers in Kenya for more information about flood-related risks and the need for insurers to seek permission to write certain risk [...]
Nature-related risks raise stakes for African company directors
With nature-related losses estimated at some US$7 trillion compared with just US$200 billion invested in nature-positive activities, the 35-to-one rat [...]
Kenya’s College of Insurance eyes bigger role as Africa’s insurance industry evolves
Kenya’s College of Insurance is entering a new phase of growth aimed at building on a decade of transformation that has expanded its training portfoli [...]
Uganda insurers warned AI alone will not secure industry’s future competitiveness
Uganda’s insurance executives have been challenged to move human resource (HR) leaders beyond administrative roles and give them a strategic seat at t [...]