Tag: Feature
Brokerslink expands its Africa network in DRC and Senegal
Global broking group Brokerslink has started 2021 with the expansion of its network in Africa and the addition of new affiliates in the Democratic Rep [...]
Opinion: how to build financial services back post-Covid
It is ten months this week since Kenya – where UK aid-funded FSD Africa has its headquarters – confirmed its first case of coronavirus (Covid-19). Tod [...]
Lloyd’s launches ESG plans for 2021
Insurance corporation Lloyd’s has launched ambitious environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments for the Lloyd’s market and the Corporation [...]
Global insurer announces concrete plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Allianz has announced concrete interim targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its investment portfolio of policyholder funds, implementing i [...]
Marine insurers warned Gulf of Guinea major threat
More than 95% of the global piracy incidents in 2020 occurred in the Gulf of Guinea according to new figures.
Marine insurers and those selling kid [...]
Covid tops risk list for African markets in 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic, emerging digital threats, climate change and the US China relationship are among the Top 5 Risks for business in 2021, which in [...]
Insurance brokers join African agricultural movement
More than 100 European and African stakeholders, including insurance brokers, have signed a charter of commitment to the development of the agropastor [...]
Five keys to success for the African insurance market
African insurance markets have been bruised by Covid-19 but far from knocked down and will rebound in the coming years. A new report from McKinsey, pu [...]
VIDEO: African insurance markets set for post-Covid-19 growth
Thomas Wiechers, assistant director – insurance at FSD Africa, discusses the year ahead and why he believes the African insurance market has prove [...]
A market of 1.2 billion potential customers: what’s not to like?
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which officially launched on 1 January, is the largest trading agreement in the world since the [...]