Tag: Opinion
Insurance has key role to play as COP27 summit thrashes out difficult issues
The first of two days of the World Leaders Summit at COP27 was marked with dramatic – at times bleak – warnings. Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General o [...]
Lessons from Covid-19: insurance could be solution for future crises, says UNDP
Covid-19 has exposed deficiencies and gaps in healthcare worldwide, in countries rich and poor, large and small, inadequacies which contributed to mor [...]
Climate change costing Africa 15% of GDP every year
Africa loses as much as 15% of its GDP per capita, every year, due to the impact of climate change. The socioeconomic and environmental damage of drou [...]
In conversation: How is insurance impacting shipping and trade with Russia?
LB: Bruno, can you tell us what insurance is needed for the export of oil in a tanker from Russia? And please be as simple as possible a [...]
Africa needs to carve its own path on energy, suggests former Nigeria president
In the middle of a global oil-and-gas crisis, Africa must take charge of its own energy destiny, and use its rich-resource assets for the benefit of i [...]
Is ESG becoming a business essential?
Since the acronym ESG (environmental, social, and governance) was coined in 2005, and until recently, its fortunes were steadily growing. To take one [...]
D&O insurance increasingly important in today’s operating environment, warns AGCS
Directors’ and officers’ (D&O) insurance provides coverage for a company and its management, protecting them from claims arising from their decisi [...]
Is nuclear power ’greener’ than we thought?
Nuclear power currently accounts for about 10% of the world’s electricity, with the US and European Union (EU) countries leading the way.
It receiv [...]
The role of young insurance professionals in mitigating the effects of climate change risk in Africa
The insurance industry plays a three-fold role in sustainable development:
First is the conventional insurance role of transferring risk and fina [...]
The triple Ms of re/insurance resilience
In the past ten years, ARC has covered more than 100 million Africans against natural disasters and paid, in timely manner, more than $125m in claims [...]