Tag: Feature
Fifty-two different ESG risks across 198 countries to be identified by new Verisk Maplecroft analytics tool
Verisk Maplecroft has launched Industry Risk Analytics to provide companies, insurers and financial institutions with a new geospatial risk solution t [...]
Reinsurance market facing volatility but inspiring confidence, says Guy Carpenter
A highly complex risk environment caused by influences within and outside of the sector, coupled with the evolving dynamics of a hardening market, are [...]
Moody’s expects reinsurance prices to rise as reinsurers impose better discipline
Good underwriting discipline and strong demand will push up reinsurance prices, suggests ratings agency Moody's.
In its latest Reinsurance Outlook, [...]
Carbon credit insurance solution launched
Broker Howden has developed a carbon credit invalidation insurance solution to increase confidence in the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).
The produc [...]
Political risk insurers breathe sigh of relief as Kenya’s election comes to a close with Supreme Court ruling
William Ruto won the Kenya presidential election fairly, according to a Supreme Court ruling, which should mean an end to this year’s election – an ev [...]
Dr Femi Oyetunji joins FBN as chairman
Nigeria’s leading life insurer, FBN Insurance Ltd, has appointed Dr Femi Oyetunji as chairman and Alhaji Mohammed Borodo as an independent non-executi [...]
Battery fires increasing the risk of marine casualties, warns AGCS
Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are increasingly impacting shipping safety as demonstrated by a number of fires on vessels such as roll-on roll-off car [...]
African insurance markets need more actuaries to cope with IFRS17
With new rules under IFRS17 looming, the need for actuarial services is an acute problem for insurers across Africa.
The lack of practising and ful [...]
Insurers still in early stages of digital transformation process
Most African insurers admit they are they are in the early stages of their digital transformation journey, with the majority of the rest saying they a [...]
Mauritania and Sudan suffering ongoing heavy rain, destroying houses and crops
Heavy rainfall from late July caused severe flooding across several regions of Mauritania, and now figures reported by FloodList suggest more than 3,0 [...]