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Africa
African free-trade agreement set to accelerate long-term growth and boost exports
The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement has created opportunities for businesses but short-term challenges must be overcome, according…
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Global Risk Manager
First opt-out class action heads to UK courts
On 18 August 2021, the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) handed down an eagerly awaited judgment in the Merricks v…
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Partner Video
Captives and contract certainty – two key aspects when it comes to global insurance programmes
As the insurance market started to harden, many insurance buyers began to consider a captive as one way to mitigate…
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Africa
Kenyan regulator calls on insurers to be sympathetic to policyholders post-pandemic
Insurers have been urged by the Kenyan regulator to treat their customers fairly and sympathetically in the wake of the…
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Africa
Sasria registers 95% of riot claims
Following the unrest across South Africa in July, Sasria said it is dealing with all the claims registered – some…
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Africa
Afghan crisis raises concerns in South Africa
The Taliban’s rapid takeover of Afghanistan has raised global risk antennae on several fronts and South Africa would do well…
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Africa
ASR builds business in Mauritius
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) has appointed Krishna Bheenick as its managing director in Mauritius. The pan-Africa-focused reinsurance group is also…
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Africa
Chlorpyrifos: a risk in waiting
In her book Silent Spring, one of the most important environmental works of the 20th century, Rachel Carson wrote: “A…
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Africa
New COO for Munich Re of Africa
Yolanda Skei has been named as the new chief operating officer (COO) of Munich Reinsurance Company of Africa (MRoA), effective…
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Africa
Tunisia erupts into political turmoil
Risk managers will be watching with mounting concern as Tunisia’s President has dismissed the Prime Minister, suspended parliament and declared…
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Africa
Major disruptor could reshape African insurance markets
The risk of a major disruptor making serious inroads into the African insurance market is a threat never far from…
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Africa
New executive risk director for First City Monument Bank
Oluwatoyin Olaiya has been appointed as executive director, risk and compliance of First City Monument Bank Limited (FCMB), the banking…
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Africa
Insurance pricing increases yet to reach many of those on the ground across Africa
Increases in reinsurance pricing are not necessarily filtering through to those on the ground in Africa, as a lack of…
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Africa
Confidence remains despite current struggle in Kenyan insurance market
Challenging economic factors in 2020 made it a difficult year for Kenyan insurers and reinsurers, according to a new report…
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Africa
Mass troop deployment in South Africa only a stopgap
A new intelligence and analysis practice, Dragonfly, has warned South Africa faces further violence in the medium term and that…
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Africa
South African businesses face billions in damage costs from rioting
Claims for damage and theft from businesses affected by civil unrest in South Africa are likely to be between ZAR7bn…
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Africa
South African ports hit hard by riots
South Africa’s key ports of Durban and Richard Bays Terminal have a combined $19bn loss exposure from the current violence…
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Analysis & Opinion
Australian government flags personal liability for directors for cyber incidents
The political focus on cybersecurity continues, with the Australian government on 13 July publishing a discussion paper on Australia’s cybersecurity…
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Africa
New broker opens its doors in Mauritius
Rokstone, an international speciality (re)insurance MGA and part of the Aventum Group, has has secured an insurance agent licence from the…
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Africa
Warning for risk managers as South Africa violence spirals
Risk managers have been urged to instigate risk strategies on safety by the Institute of Risk Management South Africa’s (IRMA)…