Tag: Feature
World Bank gives $50m towards building resilience through insurance in Tunisia
Insurance is to be a key component of a major disaster and climate resilience project for Tunisia, through a combination of government and private-sec [...]
Actuary joins ASR to focus on pricing models
Peter Way has been appointed as the first actuary to join Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), to focus specifically on the development of in-house pricing m [...]
Hollard Cigna Healthcare has signed DRC partnership
Hollard Cigna Healthcare has agreed a strategic partnership with Société Financière d’Assurance (SFA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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Smart sensors are revolutionising the insurance and reinsurance sectors
There is a paradigm shift taking place in the insurance industry, driven by new technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), big data analytics, [...]
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 [...]
Africa to bear brunt of water shortages with massive infrastructure shortfall
The United Nations warns that the world could face a 40% shortfall in water supply by 2030, with Africa – which already suffers from greater levels of [...]
Minet Kenya named as best business insurance broker
Insurance broker Minet Kenya has been named as the overall best insurance broker of the year for 2020, during the Think Business Insurance Awards.
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Kenyan insurer moves towards virtual model
Medical provider AAR Insurance Kenya has launched a new mobile app as part of what it says is a strategy to become a branchless and paperless insurer. [...]
Covid-19 and ESG driving resource nationalism
In the last year alone, 34 countries witnessed a significant increase in resource nationalism, according to the latest research from Verisk Maplecroft [...]
Lawrence Nazare named as new CEO for Continental Re
Continental Reinsurance has announced that Lawrence Mutsunge Nazare will replace Dr Femi Oyetunji as group managing director of the company, effective [...]