Tag: Editor's Pick
South Africa’s insurers have to adapt to survive
The Covid-19 pandemic and its resulting economic crisis are hitting the insurance industry in South Africa hard.
Now, in a new report on the state [...]
ESG underwriting – it’s an African conversation
Despite a difficult year, Africa’s financial services sector is making strides in getting its own environment, social governance (ESG) framework – one [...]
VIDEO: Half of Africa’s insurers yet to add ESG principles
At the recent Organization of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers virtual conference, Continental Reinsurance’s head of underwriting Cassim Hansa [...]
Three quarters of managers struggling to cope with employee challenges during Covid-19 pandemic
The Conscious Workplace Report, produced by Rioch UK, has found that 75% of managers have faced employee challenges when working remotely, raising sig [...]
Major shift in climate risk management
A major shift is underway as the world’s leaders put investment in risk transfer ahead of emergency response to disasters.
In a new report, the Dev [...]
VIDEO: African insurance market has opportunity to step up its resilience
The Covid-19 pandemic has taught the world many things, not least to remember that the unthinkable can happen. However, Lesley [...]
New kind of insurance force emerging across Africa
The African insurance market has been shaken up by the Covid-19 pandemic, with firms across the continent re-assessing their priorities, but it has no [...]
Resilience key to surviving post-pandemic environment
Looking at the current Covid-19 environment, Toavina Ramamonjiarisoa (pictured above), African Trade Insurance Agency’s acting/interim CEO, has warned [...]
85% of global investors want their capital to do good
A recent Morgan Stanley survey revealed that 85% of retail investors, which includes insurers, want their capital to be allocated to doing good and wo [...]
VIDEO: How to manage customers and win more business
In this difficult period, African reinsurers recently discussed ways to manage customer demands and help customers through the Covid-19 pandemic a [...]