Tag: Editor's Pick
Building a professional industry: the impact of Kenya’s Insurance Professionals Act
With the Insurance Professionals Act formally coming into force last year, there has been a sea change in the approach that all Kenyan insurance pract [...]
VIDEO: NDSI surpasses 300 members and still growing
Philip Lopokoiyit, chair of the Nairobi Declaration of Sustainable Insurance (NDSI), talks to Liz Booth about recent developments for the NDSI and [...]
PODCAST: Is it time for governments to intervene on AI
In the next of the Africa Ascending Bite Sized podcasts, Udai Patel, CEO of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, talks to Liz Booth about the need for r [...]
Climate reporting rules add to Africa insurers’ rising cost of measuring risk
Africa's insurance industry has spent years investing in systems, data, actuarial expertise and reporting capabilities to meet increasingly demand [...]
What global financial fragmentation means for Africa’s re/insurance market
The mainstream media is awash with stories about geopolitics and how protectionism, trade tariffs and war transmit to energy prices and inflation. [...]
Proposals for a regional insurance risk pool aired in Nairobi
A proposed regional insurance risk pool was among suggestions at the inaugural Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (CDRFI) Forum 2026 he [...]
Opinion: North Africa’s energy boom and what it means for (re)insurance market
The global insurance and reinsurance market should pay close attention to North Africa, with the region attracting increasing energy investment driven [...]
Rising US-dollar covers raise anti-money-laundering scrutiny for Zimbabwe’s life insurers
Zimbabwe’s life insurers are facing heightened anti-money-laundering (AML) risks in their US-dollar business, where non-resident customers, cash premi [...]
Nigeria insurers shift focus from recapitalisation to growth agenda
Nigeria’s insurance industry is entering a new phase following the completion of its recapitalisation exercise, with regulators and industry leaders n [...]
VIDEO: Uniting as a strong voice will help the development of the Zambian insurance sector
Webster Twaambo, CEO of Finsbury Reinsurance and president of the Insurance Association of Zambia, talks to Liz Booth about the changing [...]