Tag: Feature
Moody’s expands insurance data with RMA acquisition
Moody's Corporation and RMS have entered into a definitive agreement for Moody’s to acquire RMS, a global provider of climate and natural disaster ris [...]
Africa Specialty Risks launches Bermuda reinsurer
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has launched a licensed reinsurance entity in Bermuda.
The Group will offe [...]
Warning as malware attacks change pattern in Kenya
Almost a third of financial malware attacks in Kenya are targeted at corporate users in a worrying new development, suggested new research from Kasper [...]
Africa features heavily in global shipping losses
The international shipping industry continued its long-term positive safety trend over the past year but has to master Covid-19 challenges, apply the [...]
Covid-19: a double edged sword in terms of terrorism and political risk
The Covid-19 pandemic both suppressed and aggravated terrorism and political violence risks in 2020-2021, reports Aon.
In its 2021 Risk Maps report [...]
Deloitte launches effort to address health care equity in Africa
In what could be a useful tool for insurers across the continent, Deloitte has announced the launch of the Deloitte Africa Health Equity Institute (DA [...]
Mauritius steps up on anti-money laundering
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) and Mauritius Finance (MF) have announced plans to support Mauritius’s compliance with [...]
The hour of climate risk has come: And what it means for investors
The last few weeks have seen several record setting climate related events causing damage and suffering across the globe. From unprecedent and repeate [...]
Tunisia’s political turmoil increases risks of violence on the streets and damage to the economy
As Tunisia suffers a political crisis following President Kais Saied sacking the Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and imposing a nationwide curfew there [...]
COMESA develops a virtual knowledge management portal for climate change
COMESA, through its climate change programme, has developed a virtual knowledge management portal to encourage best practices across the continent.
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