Liz Booth
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Africa
IRMSA CEO set to leave after a decade
Gillian Le Cordeur is to leave her job as chief executive officer of the Institute of Risk Management South Africa…
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Africa
Continental Re names Nazare as new CEO
Lawrence Mutsunge Nazare is to replace Dr Femi Oyetunji as group managing director of Continental Re, effective 1 April 2021.…
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Africa
Ebola causing more concern than Covid-19 in west Africa
A new outbreak of Ebola in Guinea is causing more concern than the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, according to experts. Risk…
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Africa
New CRO for African Development Bank
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has appointed Ifedayo Orimoloye as its group chief risk officer (CRO), effective 1 April 2021.…
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Africa
Training goes online for east African reinsurer
East African reinsurer Kenya Re has hosted a series of virtual training sessions for its team members, covering construction risks,…
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Africa
Africa Specialty Risks Group increases capacity for Africa
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR) has secured additional multi-year binder capacity of up to $25m per risk through a partnership with…
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Analysis & Opinion
The impact of Brexit on the construction industry
On 24 December 2020, the EU and the UK finally agreed a post-Brexit trade agreement – the Trade and Cooperation…
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Africa
Multibillion-rand PPE fraud highlights need for better risk management
Alarming disclosures by South Africa’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) that more than ZAR13bn-worth of government-purchased personal protective equipment (PPE) is…
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Africa
Howden to rebrand Matrix in South Africa
Howden is to rebrand South African broker Matrix, following last year’s acquisition of the company. It will take the parent…
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Africa
Claims set to be impacted by new insurance policy formats, warns leading risk manager
Insurers are predicting that the impact of the Covid-19 business interruption (BI) test case in the UK will have an…
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Africa
Don’t just talk risk, talk opportunity
Ahead of the launch of the Institute of Risk Management South Africa’s annual risk report, its chief risk adviser and…
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Africa
Covid-19 taking heavy toll in South Africa
The Covid-19 pandemic is taking a heavy toll in South Africa as the country accounts for the majority of Covid-related…
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Africa
Don’t over promise on climate ambitions, warns lawyer
Companies need to be careful not to over promise and under deliver when it comes to climate change adaptation, warned…
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Africa
Don’t forget fire, flood and natural disasters
Risk managers may have plenty to be dealing with courtesy of the Covid-19 pandemic, but experts at a Commercial Risk…
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Africa
Africa echoes global risks
The top risks concerning businesses in Africa are pandemic outbreak (first with 36% of responses), business interruption (moves from first…
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Africa
Middle East and north Africa face ‘double whammy’ from Covid and oil price slump
The coronavirus pandemic and related oil price slump constitute a “double whammy” for economies in the Middle East and north…
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Africa
Risk managers warned of major piracy threat in Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea accounts for more than 95% of all piracy attacks, according to new figures. The International Maritime…
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Africa
Missed opportunities remain major risk across Africa for 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic, emerging digital threats, climate change and the US-China relationship are among the top five risks for business…
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Africa
Brokerslink adds affiliates in Africa
Broking group Brokerslink has started 2021 with the addition of new affiliates in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal.…
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Africa
Corporate risk now at critical level in South Africa
As South Africa enters a new adjusted level-three Covid-19 lockdown, its critical businesses have been re-evaluating their risk strategies with…