Tag: Feature
New insurance sector and NGO partnership will protect world’s most vulnerable from climate risks
Start Network, a coalition of more than 50 humanitarian charities, and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) have agreed a new partnership to support [...]
Ratings looking positive for African sovereigns
After an unprecedented number of downgrades in 2020, in response to the rise in government debt and liquidity challenges resulting from the Covid-19 p [...]
Insurance essential in climate resilience building, insurers hear at COP26
Insurance has a vital role to play as the government leaders look to make dramatic changes to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
The UN ass [...]
Insurance media awards open for seventh year
Continental Reinsurance this week opened submissions for the 2022 pan-African (re)insurance journalism awards. Business reporters across the African c [...]
Flood risk rising across Africa – insurers need to measure up
Climate change is a hot topic at the moment, with global leaders descending on Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss climate-related matters at COP26, the 202 [...]
Climate change and net-zero emissions in the spotlight at COP26
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) got off to a rocky start following mixed messages from preliminary discussions at the G20 Summit [...]
Fake oil spills send sustainability warning to global insurance heavyweights
On 29 October 2021, protesters taking part in the global Defund Climate Chaos protests spilled 1,000 litres of fake oil on the doorsteps of two insura [...]
Prudential moves Africa headquarters to Kenya
Prudential has opened its Africa Regional Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. The life insurer said it had moved its Africa regional headquarters from Lon [...]
Marsh recognising ESG in client frameworks
In a sign of things to come across the world, Marsh has announced the launch of a new directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance initiative [...]
Kenya’s regulator seeks insurance framework to sustainably grow medical covers
Kenya’s insurance regulator is closer to creating a legal and regulatory framework to grow uptake of private insurance through reduced costs without p [...]