Tag: Editor's Pick
Kenyan regulator starts payments for failed insurers
The Kenyan Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has started making a KSH250,000 payout to policyholders and beneficiaries of collapsed insurers, accor [...]
Sanlam Namibia encourages young people to launch businesses
Sanlam has opened its entrepreneurial support programme, Sanlam Bridge. The programme is a launchpad for Namibia’s future business leaders who have in [...]
Renewable energy leads demand for CPRI, says broker
Credit and political risk insurance (CPRI) broker BPL Global has published its annual Market Insight report, revealing a snapshot of claims, emerging [...]
Continental Re positioned to deliver value post-Covid while CEO Dr Femi Oyetunji announces retirement
Almost 35 years after it was founded in Lagos, Nigeria, leading private pan-African reinsurer Continental Reinsurance today announced it is “deliverin [...]
Golden opportunity for insurers to grow their business
Insurers have a golden opportunity to enhance or extend their product portfolios in the face of changing physical risk patterns, according to a panel [...]
Is insurtech set to boom after Covid-19?
The role of insurtech is never far from the agenda when it comes to building a more sustainable insurance industry across Africa. Liz Booth talks [...]
New face in The White House heralds change for global climate agenda
The US’s decision to rejoin the Paris Agreement signals the intent of President Joe Biden's administration to take a tougher stance on environmental m [...]
Tech talent a struggle for small businesses in South Africa
Two thirds (67%) of South African small businesses struggle to source the right tech talent, according to research from business platform Xero.
Des [...]
VIDEO: Embedding ESG principles into your business
Mikir Shah, CEO of Africa Specialty Risks, discusses adopting
ESG within your business and the importance of embedding
those principles into you [...]
Making climate action conflict sensitive
A new report highlights the risk of climate change intensifying the risk of conflict across Africa.
The study – Water for peace: how to make climat [...]