Tag: Feature
Global insurance industry to hit new records in 2022
The global insurance industry is set to reach a new record in global premiums by mid-2022, exceeding $7trn, according to Swiss Re.
Swiss Re Institu [...]
VIDEO: The cyber challenge
Graeme King, managing director – cyber at Volante Global, discusses the challenges facing the insurance industry when it comes to insuring cyber risks [...]
Insurers watch Nigerian oil leak nervously
Insurers are said to be watching an oil leak in Bayelsa State Nigeria with caution as experts warn it could amount to a significant claim. So far, the [...]
Board directors fear cyberattacks most
Cyberattacks are the number one concern for board directors, according to new research from (re)insurance broker McGill and Partners.
Some 81% of b [...]
Guy Carpenter and Marsh merge fac operations in South Africa
Guy Carpenter and Marsh are to merge their South Africa facultative reinsurance operations into a single business, effective 1 January 2022. The new u [...]
Sustainability at core of next business revolution
The next industrial revolution is just beginning. A new economy is emerging, driven by profound changes in technology and the increasing pressures ass [...]
ARC and Afreximbank sign deal on resilience and disaster risk financing
African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly enhance [...]
Businesses must put ESG at the heart of their strategy and culture
In November this year, leaders from around the world gathered in Glasgow for the UN Climate Change Conference to explore ways that governments, the pr [...]
Vulnerable 20 launch sustainable insurance facility
The Vulnerable Twenty group of finance ministers (V20) has launched the V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility (SIF).
The V20 is comprised of 55 climat [...]
Just transition – not as simple as climate activists claim
As the curtains draw on the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, there are growing concerns over the capacity of individual country markets to a [...]