Tag: Editor's Pick
Zimbabwe bets on insurance innovation model to reach underserved markets
Zimbabwe has launched its first insurance regulatory sandbox in a move the regulator and industry players say could reshape the country’s financial se [...]
CIMA zone insurers urged to overhaul marketing strategies to grow penetration
As an insurance advisor and consultant specialising in marketing management for insurance companies, business development and the customer experie [...]
Nigeria positions Insurance Week as platform for feedback and market expansion
The second edition of Nigeria’s Insurance Week returned with a continued emphasis on product reform and expanding public awareness as the industry see [...]
VIDEO: Actuaries play key role in creating sustainable insurers
Yeside Kazeem, founder of the African Actuarial Development Academy, explores the critical role of actuaries in the insurance industry, particularly [...]
PODCAST: Using technology to exhaust local capacity efficiently
As part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series and after a recent visit to Ghana, Udai Patel, of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Boot [...]
Compulsory cession hike pits premium retention goals against market liberalisation
Kenya’s recent decision to raise compulsory cession to 25% from 20% is reigniting a familiar debate across African insurance markets on how far regula [...]
Early warnings could be Africa’s first line of defence against climate losses
Africa’s largest general insurer, Santam Limited, has partnered with the South African Weather Service (SAWS) to improve the country’s weather forecas [...]
Driving sustainable growth by embedding ESG principles in the insurance value chain
As global attention on sustainability intensifies, insurance companies are under growing pressure to demonstrate how they incorporate environmenta [...]
How Zimbabwe’s draft climate change law could reshape insurance market
Zimbabwe’s proposed Climate Change Management Bill (H.B. 5 of 2025) is being framed primarily as an environmental reform. However, the bill’s economic [...]
Africa’s reinsurers urged to scale up as demand for credit insurance surges
Reinsurers operating in Africa have been challenged to step up the reinsurance capacity of credit insurance as the cover becomes a critical instru [...]