Tag: Editor's Pick
Insurers urged to confront Africa’s capital misallocation crisis
Africa is not capital poor; it is awash with capital that is being misallocated. This was among the standout soundbites delivered to around 1,500 Afri [...]
Mobile money seen anchoring Uganda’s bid for inclusive insurance
Uganda’s insurance industry is increasingly embracing mobile-first distribution channels in a renewed push to lift insurance penetration from the curr [...]
Nigeria pilots building insurance scheme as template for nationwide rollout
Nigeria’s insurance market is being handed a potential scale opportunity as the regulator positions the newly launched Lagos State Building Insurance [...]
CIMA raises capital bar for micro insurers, tightens dividend rules across industry
The CIMA Code has received several revisions on its provisions, setting the stage for higher capital requirement for micro insurers and tighter di [...]
VIDEO: Private capital taking sustainable approach in African insurance sector
Mikir Shah, CEO at Africa Specialty Risks, talks to Liz Booth about the fresh influx of capital into the African insurance market and explains why [...]
PODCAST: Does democracy work in Africa?
With some major elections looming across Africa and as part of the Africa Ascending Bites podcast series, Udai Patel, of Afro Asian Insurance Services [...]
AI in healthcare is creating liability risks African insurers cannot ignore
The increasing uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) by hospitals and telemedicine providers is introducing a new layer of risk for insurers, includi [...]
Africa’s AI infrastructure buildout creates new test for insurer sustainability
Global insurers and reinsurers with clients in the compute, data centre and power utility sectors are in for a tumultuous decade as demand grows for i [...]
Africa Re at 50 signals maturity of African reinsurance market
Africa Re at 50 signals maturity of African reinsurance market
The African Reinsurance Corporation has celebrated the 50th anniversary of its f [...]
Zimbabwe reassessing as climate risk rewrites Africa’s agricultural insurance
In rural Zimbabwe, communal farmers would prepare their land in June and July, ahead of time, waiting for the first rains in October. Most of the peop [...]