Tag: Editor's Pick
Insurance regulators have impending Africa free-trade agreement on their radar
Regulators definitely have the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) on their radar and it has become an agenda item when the insurance reg [...]
Future-fit insurers must accommodate changing consumer behaviours
Access to insurance, climate change and consumer behaviour emerged as unlikely companions during a ‘future of insurance’ panel discussion held during [...]
Strong leadership acknowledged as a key differentiator in financial services sustainability
South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Governor, Lesetja Kganyago, received the rarely awarded Insurance Institute of South Africa (IISA) presidential hono [...]
The role of young insurance professionals in mitigating the effects of climate change risk in Africa
The insurance industry plays a three-fold role in sustainable development:
First is the conventional insurance role of transferring risk and fina [...]
Is Naicom’s hammer on Niger, Standard Alliance another season of liquidation?
Regulators are corporate undertakers. When the numbers no longer look positive and favourable on the books of operators under their jurisdiction over [...]
Kenya election set to be closely fought but PVT claims remain less likely
With both candidates threatening to contest the result of the upcoming Kenyan presidential election in the courts after the count, memories of the 200 [...]
More than 50 insurers across Africa unite behind the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance
More than 50 insurance entities from across Africa have signed the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance, as a commitment to considering ESG ac [...]
Insureds prepared to work with insurers on PVT risks as rates rise
Insureds across Africa are choosing to co-insure rather than go without political, violence, terrorism (PVT) cover, according to a group of market spe [...]
Zambia and Nigeria insurers to add 2.4 million new climate policies for smallholder farmers
Underwriters in Zambia and Nigeria will add 2.4 million climate change insurance policies in the next three years, thanks to an International Finance [...]
The triple Ms of re/insurance resilience
In the past ten years, ARC has covered more than 100 million Africans against natural disasters and paid, in timely manner, more than $125m in claims [...]