Tag: Feature
ZEP-RE’s Hope Murera named as deputy chair at IDF
The steering committee of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) has appointed Hope Murera as its deputy chair.
As managing director and group CEO o [...]
From the sky, we protect: how drones are transforming disaster management in Mozambique
In February 2000, Mozambique experienced its worst floods in 50 years. More than 700 people died, 650,000 were displaced and 4.5 million — a quarter o [...]
Cyber insurance adoption remains low despite rising attacks
For more than two months, Tolulope Omolere kept asking the same question: How did money leave her Guaranty Trust Bank account without her knowledge?
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Africa’s next climate-risk challenge is putting a number on it
The struggle by many Kenyan companies to put a financial and operational number on climate risk is emerging as a new test for insurers and risk manage [...]
Facultative reinsurance helping insurers pursue growth opportunities, says Willis
Facultative reinsurance is helping insurers pursue growth opportunities in a rapidly softening market, enabling them to maximise available capacity an [...]
Fragmentation of the global financial system set to challenge insurers, warns Geneva Association
The growing fragmentation of the global financial system is reshaping the environment in which insurers and reinsurers operate, according to a new Gen [...]
Afreximbank and ZEP-RE sign MoU on building professional capacity across Africa
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and ZEP-Re have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to build professional and institutional capacity i [...]
Use parametric insurance revenue cover for hydro-dependent utilities in Africa, urges IDRIMA
The Integrated Disaster Risk Management Alliance (IDRIMA) is urging better use of parametric insurance to protect hydro-electric revenues across the c [...]
Power sector becoming crucial to economic stability, finds Willis
The global power sector is becoming increasingly central to economic growth as artificial intelligence, digital infrastructure, advanced manufacturing [...]
An abundance of uncertainities facing insurers, warns Munich Re
At present, the market environment is facing an abundance of uncertainties: the consequences of climate change, geopolitical tensions and rapid techno [...]