Tag: Feature
New style of leadership required post-pandemic
A new style of leadership will have to emerge post-pandemic if business are to build resilience and survive in the changing environment.
Speaking a [...]
South Africa’s insurers have to adapt to survive
The Covid-19 pandemic and its resulting economic crisis are hitting the insurance industry in South Africa hard.
Now, in a new report on the state [...]
Santam must pay BI claims, rules court
A South African court has ruled that the country’s largest non-life insurer Santam must pay contingent business interruption (CBI) claims following th [...]
European investors to cease new coal and fuel oil financing, but plan to boost African investment
European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) are to immediately cease new coal and fuel oil financing and will limit other fossil fuel financing, [...]
Four pillars define business continuity and sustainability
Four pillars define sustainable business continuity – process, procedure, decision making, and activities – according to Mark Walker, associate vice-p [...]
Agriculture getting boost, but needs insurance support too
More money will be coming to support agricultural development in some of Africa’s poorest countries, but a leading Kenyan insurance voice has also urg [...]
Insuring renewables boosting ESG principles
In sub-Saharan Africa, electricity access stands at just 43%, or roughly half the global access rate. While challenges remain, Covid-19 is also reveal [...]
The sixth C – conscience is gnawing at modern-day capital allocation debates
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become a hot topic within the institutional investment space.
“ESG has risen to prominence [...]
ESG underwriting – it’s an African conversation
Despite a difficult year, Africa’s financial services sector is making strides in getting its own environment, social governance (ESG) framework – one [...]
VIDEO: Half of Africa’s insurers yet to add ESG principles
At the recent Organization of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers virtual conference, Continental Reinsurance’s head of underwriting Cassim Hansa [...]