Tag: Feature
WEF launches its 2024 technology report, with AI topping the list
The World Economic Forum’s latest Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2024 report unveils a future teeming with possibilities.
A wider lens was employe [...]
Insuring the biggest shows on earth
Major sporting events such as Euro 2024 and the Olympics excite and unite billions of people around the world, but for event organisers, delivering su [...]
Lloyd’s to delay its Blueprint Two implementation
Lloyd’s and Velonetic have announced that the cutover to its Blueprint Two phase one digital services, scheduled for a target date of October 2024, wi [...]
Africa is the bright spot as move towards energy transition loses momentum globally
The global energy transition to a more equitable, secure and sustainable energy system is still progressing but has lost momentum in the face of incre [...]
GRiP expands into flood intelligence with JBA Risk Management tie-up
GRiP, a South African spatial technology and data specialist, has teamed up with JBA Risk Management to provide its customers with access to the lates [...]
ARC Ltd pays US$9.9 million to Zambia as drought bites
The Zambian government has received a pay out of US$9.9 million from ARC Ltd. to tackle the devastating drought conditions gripping the [...]
Real opportunity for insurers as climate change risk increases, says Axis
Climate change is both a driver of change and a source of risk, according to a new report from a leading international insurer.
It warns that clima [...]
Insurers and development agency form new disaster risk management alliance
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) and the French Development Agency Group (Agence Française de Développement and Expertise France – the AFD Group) [...]
Cash flow prioritisation in this new era for South African businesses post-election
As South Africa embarks this week on the challenging journey of negotiating a post-election political agreement, the business community must prepare f [...]
Modelling and pre-arranged finance the way to cope with Africa’s growing natural disasters, suggests Munich Re
Insurers and governments must work together if they are to tackle the increasing numbers of natural disasters in Africa.
This was the message from [...]