Tag: Editor's Pick
Underwriting facility set to energise geothermal development in Kenya and Ethiopia
FSD Africa, in partnership with Parhelion, a UK-based specialist energy and climate risk finance advisory company, is planning to launch a first-of-it [...]
VIDEO: Insurers meet at COP26
As governments and business meet at the United Nations’ climate change conference, COP26, in Glasgow this week, Liz Booth talks to Lesley Ndlovu, CEO [...]
ESG offers unparalleled opportunity for insurers, suggests KPMG
ESG offers an unparalleled opportunity for insurers, says KPMG in a new report on the state of the South African insurance market. It says the concept [...]
Resilience and sustainability ‘top of mind’ as insurers reassess global risks
Insurers and reinsurers must find innovative ways to identify, mitigate and transfer the risks associated with climate, cybercrime, pandemic and socia [...]
Resilient reinstatement: insurers explore ways to achieve net zero
The general insurance industry will have to reinvent its coverages and operating models to make a more meaningful contribution to reducing global carb [...]
New agriculture strategy for Tanzania to launch in June 2022
Tanzania should have a new agricultural insurance strategy in place by June of next year. Speaking at an agriculture insurance webinar, organised by t [...]
UN launches Insurance and Risk Finance Facility
The UNDP has launched the Insurance & Risk Finance Facility (IRFF) to help protect the world’s most vulnerable communities in the face of climate [...]
IAIS reports shows 35% of insurer investments are ‘climate-relevant’
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has published its first report on how insurance sector investments are exposed to climat [...]
Innovation and insurtech key to growing African insurance markets
A new survey has found that innovation and insurtech are essential to grow insurance markets in the next 12 months.
Some 61% of 300 insurers polled [...]
Bridging the gap between insurers and NGOs
One of the challenges for the insurance sector is being seen as relevant to the many thousands of NGOs operating in Africa. A new company, Rural Inclu [...]