Tag: Feature
Willis signs deal on disease modelling
The Willis Research Network (WRN) has agreed a new partnership with Metabiota, a risk analytics organisation that specialises in infectious diseases m [...]
Insurance market proving resilient
Global average commercial insurance prices increased 19% in the second quarter of 2020, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released by Mar [...]
Stark contrast between Beirut and US shows value of insurance
The value of insurance is never in doubt among those involved in the sector. However, persuading others of the value of insurance is sometimes a hard [...]
VIDEO: Africa moves closer to pandemic insurance solution
Africa is one step closer to an insurance solution for future pandemics, after Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) and Africa Centres for Disease Control a [...]
Quality of data helping to deepen understanding of climate change impact
Improving data and a better understanding of that data is enabling a truer picture of climate change and its potential across Africa, heard delegates [...]
President Buhari finalises Nigeria’s membership of ATI
Nigeria has become a full member country of Africa Trade Insurance Agency (ATI), after president Muhammadu Buhari signed the final papers.
The west [...]
Regulators stepping up insurer requirements on climate change
The Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF) has launched its half-yearly report, with news from South Africa that the regulators will want insurers to consi [...]
Africa escapes major cat in first half-year
Global economic losses from natural catastrophes and man-made disasters in the first half of 2020 were $75bn, according to Swiss Re Institute's prelim [...]
Two Covid-19 modelling tools launched for Africa
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and African Risk Capacity (ARC) have launched two Covid-19 modelling tools for Afri [...]
Challenging times for South Africa’s BI insurers
South African insurers with business interruption (BI) policies are having a tough time, as the first case goes against the insurer and as the regulat [...]