Tag: Feature
Covid-19 delays Nigeria’s rise in minimum capital requirements for insurers
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the Nigerian insurance regulator to delay plans to raise minimum capital requirements for all insurance entities.
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Will Covid-19 result in a sea change for the gender balance at work?
As lockdowns ease across Africa, we ask Hope Murera, managing director of ZEP-RE, whether some of the changing working practices are likely to become [...]
Creating an equal awareness of ESG across insurance entities
With the UN Principles of Sustainable Insurance (UN PSI) aiming to create awareness of the ESG agenda across the insurance sector, there needs to be a [...]
Great Reset needed to drive world economy post-Covid suggests WEF
Covid-19 lockdowns may be gradually easing but anxiety about the world’s social and economic prospects is only intensifying. There is good reason to w [...]
Covid-19 must not overshadow need for sustainable development, warns Swiss Re
New risks and trends accentuated by the Covid-19 pandemic are emerging, but the current crisis should not overshadow the need for the world to transit [...]
What will be the most consequential impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic one to two years from now?
The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) marked 100 days of the Covid-19 pandemic by asking experts to identify some of the most consequential impa [...]
Insurers have rare opportunity to build reputations and redesign products
African insurers have a real opportunity to build their reputation and deliver products fit for purpose, two leading African regulators agreed during [...]
African insurers waiting to see if BI claims arise
The impact of Covid-19 is yet to be fully assessed for many African insurers both in terms of resulting claims but also in terms of future business, a [...]
Covid-19 a wakeup call for Africa, warns ARC
The Covid-19 pandemic could be devastating to livelihoods, health and food security across Africa but could also be the wake-up call needed to spark c [...]
Hunger increasing in South Africa as lockdown bites
As scientists in South Africa warn the country may face up to 50,000 Covid-19 deaths and up to three million infections by the end of this year, Stati [...]