Tag: Feature
Risk of South Africa becoming a failed state is close to reality, warns IRMSA
The interconnected nature of risks and the real threat of South Africa becoming a failed state top the list of this year’s Institute of Risk Managemen [...]
Regulation and partnerships are necessary to make insurance of ESG work, UNEP FI roundtable hears
Regulation is critical for the insurance sector to ensure that any sustainable projects are properly protected and that investors will get their neces [...]
Global ESG regulations increase 155% in the past decade, claims ESG Book
Global ESG regulations have increased by 155% in the past decade, as the rapid growth of sustainability-based policy interventions continues to shape [...]
Embracing risk management: transforming threats into opportunities in the era of national health insurance in South Africa
South Africa’s proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) bill has rightly raised concerns among users of private medical services. With restrictions on [...]
Afreximbank launches its insurance management services subsidiary
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a wholly-owned insurance management services subsidiary, AFREXInsure.
The bank said it is [...]
Insurance can play role in supporting business in face of nature loss, says Marsh
Insurance can play a key role in supporting corporate environmental risk in the face of nature loss, according to a new report.
The issue of liabil [...]
African insurance market must act now to drive sustainability agenda forward, warns Namib Re leader
The African insurance market does not have time to waste and must collaborate to ensure the insurance sector moves forward with its sustainability age [...]
Kenya’s insurance regulator eyes hefty fines for rogue bosses
Kenya’s insurance industry regulator is proposing a Bill that will see bosses who mismanage insurance companies, including falsifying financial statem [...]
African insurers face a world of transformation and must be prepared, stresses ICEA Lion boss
The importance of the African insurance market having an African solution in the face of immense change cannot be underestimated.
That was the mess [...]
Lack of data threatens Namibian businesses
Namibia’s business landscape is experiencing an alarming trend that is depriving key stakeholders of critical information essential for the future and [...]