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Africa
Global oil price continues to dominate risks list in Nigeria
The Nigerian government is grappling with a struggling economy in the wake of the global collapse in oil prices in…
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Africa
Risk management must lie at the heart of all businesses – including insurance
Risk managers in Nigeria are being urged to place more faith in their insurers and to use insurance as a…
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Africa
Security remains top concern as political allegiances shift in Nigeria
With the change in president last year, a new emphasis on security was announced by incoming Nigerian President, Mohammadu Buhari.…
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Africa
Exchange rate struggles continue across Africa in the face of US dollar strength
South Africa is set to weaken further, according to rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P), as it and a number…
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Africa
World Bank warning on Sub Saharan Africa growth affecting mood for investment
Economic activity in Sub Saharan Africa slowed in 2015, with GDP growth averaging 3%, down from 4.5% in 2014. This…
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Africa
Up close and personal
The moment something becomes personal is the moment you realise you should have been better prepared. This might seem a…
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Africa
GIC Re South Africa gears up for African growth
GIC Re South Africa unveiled its expansion plans for Sub Saharan Africa, as well as a new global chairperson, at…
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Africa
Africa still offers opportunities for insurance market
New opportunities for the insurance market abound across Africa, with Zambia, Ghana and Kenya in the spotlight according to a…
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Africa
Restructuring risks: An insider’s perspective
Commercial Risk Africa recently met with Brendan Maseti, group risk manager and Lester Jacobs, remuneration and benefits manager, of the…
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Africa
Regulators urge local and international insurance players to up their game
International insurers are not doing enough to help local markets when they come to some African countries, according to commissioner…
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Africa
Exchange rate and political risk still head major concerns for risk managers
Risk managers across Africa, together with those attending Commercial Risk Africa’s Risk Frontiers Sub Saharan Africa event in London, fear…
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Africa
CPD available through Commercial Risk Africa
Commercial Risk Africa has launched continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for southern Africa readers.
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Africa
News in brief
Continental Re alters share structure, Online insurance move, New Shariah-compliant PV product, M-Pesa spreads worldwide, New office for Charles Taylor,…
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Africa
Sharing the burden of responsibility
A problem shared is a problem halved, as the saying goes, and it seems that is true wherever in the…
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Africa
Africa set for continent-wide insurance explosion: Mermoux
Demand for insurance is set to explode across the continent, according to Geraldine Mermoux, associate general manager of FINACTU Group.
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Africa
Casserley: Multi-strike approach needed to tackle cyber risks
A multi-dimensional approach is needed to tackle cyber security risk, according to broker Willis Towers Watson.
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Africa
Warning for risk managers on onerous new tax rules
Transfer pricing documentation for large taxpayers will soon be compulsory, rather than simply preferred best practice in South Africa. However,…
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Africa
Risk managers must be prepared for sudden change
African risk managers must be better prepared for sudden changes, caused by local but also international events, according to a…
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Insurers and brokers need to step up and prove value to clients
Insurers and intermediaries should be working together in a bid to better serve risk management clients, according to Natasha Wally.
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Africa
Risk management to be pushed hard as insurer differentiator
A new initiative has been launched by South Africa-based insurer Hollard to encourage greater risk management across Sub Saharan Africa.
