Tag: Feature
World Bank launches SSA resilience plan: opportunities for insurers
The World Bank has released a Next Generation Africa Climate Business Plan (NG-ACBP), to help sub-Saharan African economies achieve low-carbon and cli [...]
ARC building awareness of drought insurance
Africa Risk Capacity is looking to increase awareness for its drought insurance product across the continent and to promote the use of risk modelling [...]
ESG set to transform energy sector
Climate change and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will transform the energy industry risk landscape, according to Willis Towers Wat [...]
Africa has golden opportunity for transformation
The Covid-19 pandemic has eroded the overall improvement in risk-reward scores seen across the African continent in recent years, but this should not [...]
UK judgment on BI set to cause global ramifications
Insurers and courts across the world, including those in South Africa in particular, have been watching for the UK court ruling on business interrupti [...]
More must be done on driving UN sustainable development goals forward
The insurance industry lacks a systematic mapping of sustainable products and services, warned the UN-PSI and Swiss Re at the fourth in their series o [...]
Insurers reacting fast as Covid-19 hits insurance sales hard
Some 64% of insurers have reported the value of premiums sold since the Covid-19 outbreak has plummeted, while 67% said they have seen declines in new [...]
Cargo insurers need to keep pace with changing technology
Cargo insurers need to keep pace with changes in technology, or else run the risk of losing business.
Building resilience through technology will b [...]
Emerging markets face increased risk of financial exclusion
Recent years have seen large scale de-risking and financial exclusion happening in developing countries, particularly those countries that most need c [...]
ARC plans to lead in risk management as it launches flood product for 2021
Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) is planning a new product to help member countries fight floods.
To be launched in 2021, the product is already being pi [...]