Tag: Feature
VIDEO: NDSI surpasses 300 members and still growing
Philip Lopokoiyit, chair of the Nairobi Declaration of Sustainable Insurance (NDSI), talks to Liz Booth about recent developments for the NDSI and [...]
Climate reporting rules add to Africa insurers’ rising cost of measuring risk
Africa's insurance industry has spent years investing in systems, data, actuarial expertise and reporting capabilities to meet increasingly demand [...]
What global financial fragmentation means for Africa’s re/insurance market
The mainstream media is awash with stories about geopolitics and how protectionism, trade tariffs and war transmit to energy prices and inflation. [...]
Proposals for a regional insurance risk pool aired in Nairobi
A proposed regional insurance risk pool was among suggestions at the inaugural Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (CDRFI) Forum 2026 he [...]
From the sky, we protect: how drones are transforming disaster management in Mozambique
In February 2000, Mozambique experienced its worst floods in 50 years. More than 700 people died, 650,000 were displaced and 4.5 million — a quarter o [...]
Cyber insurance adoption remains low despite rising attacks
For more than two months, Tolulope Omolere kept asking the same question: How did money leave her Guaranty Trust Bank account without her knowledge?
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Africa’s next climate-risk challenge is putting a number on it
The struggle by many Kenyan companies to put a financial and operational number on climate risk is emerging as a new test for insurers and risk manage [...]
Facultative reinsurance helping insurers pursue growth opportunities, says Willis
Facultative reinsurance is helping insurers pursue growth opportunities in a rapidly softening market, enabling them to maximise available capacity an [...]
Fragmentation of the global financial system set to challenge insurers, warns Geneva Association
The growing fragmentation of the global financial system is reshaping the environment in which insurers and reinsurers operate, according to a new Gen [...]
Afreximbank and ZEP-RE sign MoU on building professional capacity across Africa
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and ZEP-Re have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build professional and institutional capacity i [...]