Tag: Feature
Business email compromise – a potentially devastating yet often overlooked cyber threat, warns Guy Carpenter
While the cyber insurance market may categorise business email compromise (BEC) claims as more attritional and frequency-driven, a new report from Guy [...]
New reinsurers not emerging despite good conditions, finds AM Best
Despite returns reaching a three-decade high for reinsurers, a new class of companies has yet to materialise in the segment, defying past trends.
A [...]
Navigating shifting risks in the insurance industry
Today’s insurers are exposed to multiple risks, from financial risks, such as shifting interest rates, changing costs and sources of capital, and incr [...]
IRMSA unveils 2024 Risk Report: Navigating South Africa’s Future
The last decade of South Africa’s democracy has been plagued by corruption, worsening inequality and economic turbulence. As a new government takes po [...]
ATIDI posts record results despite volatile global and regional environment
Credit insurer African Trade & Investment Development Insurance’s (ATIDI) has seen its profits increase more than 200% despite chall [...]
ASR opens first office in Middle East
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) is opening an office in Dubai, its first in the Middle East.
‘ASR Middle East’ will solidify its ties in the Emirate a [...]
IAIS publishes data collection package details for 2024
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has published its 2024 Insurance Capital Standard (ICS) data collection package for the [...]
Insurers must act on geopolitical risk, warns new report
Insurers must do more on geopolitical risk, warns a new report from Broadstone, which claims geopolitical risk is potentially the largest driver of ta [...]
ATIDI supports Globeleq’s 35 MW Menengai geothermal project with RLSF cover
On the first day of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF), the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) and Globeleq Africa [...]
Insurance will be needed to enable climate financing, stresses Howdens
More than half of the $19 trillion already committed to financing the climate transition through to 2030 will require additional insurance coverage, s [...]