Liz Booth
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Africa
Oil workers evacuating Mozambique project after nearby terror attacks
Total SE has asked some staff to vacate its $20bn Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, as Islamist militants are staging…
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Africa
Winners announced at Africa Re insurance awards
Botswana-based Alpha Insurance scooped Innovation of the Year at the Africa Re annual insurance awards. More than 1,250 professionals took…
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Africa
AM Best affirms Continental Re’s B+ rating
Ratings agency AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (good) and the long-term issuer credit rating of…
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Africa
Are risk managers doing enough on business continuity?
Risk managers across South Africa have been urged to take another look at their business continuity plans as the country…
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Africa
Covid-19 second wave: cancel Christmas or save the economy?
With South Africa in the throes of Covid-19’s second wave and the potential of another lockdown, the Institute of Risk…
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Africa
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions granted direct insurance licence in South Africa
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has been granted a direct insurance authorisation from South Africa’s insurance regulators. Both the Prudential Authority…
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Africa
Terrorism: seven of the ten highest-risk countries now in Africa
Africa is home to seven out of the world’s worst spots for terrorism, according to a new report. The Terrorism…
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Analysis & Opinion
Transferring personal data between the EEA and the UK post-Brexit
The continued flow of customers’ and employees’ personal data is vital to many businesses, supply chains and public authorities to…
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Africa
Cyber risk associated with disruptive and transformative technologies
Covid-19 has shaken up the virtual world – and cybercriminals along with it, warned Jonathan Crisp, risk intelligence committee member…
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Africa
New CEO joins ATI
Manuel Moses has formally assumed office as the fourth chief executive officer (CEO) of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI).…
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Africa
African insurers expecting uncertainty for next year
The Covid-19 pandemic has posed “severe challenges” to Africa’s insurers in the face of lockdowns and social distancing measures decreed…
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Africa
New insurance solution for water risks launched
Global Parametrics (GP), a provider of parametric protection against climate risks in emerging markets, has structured two risk transfer solutions using a Water Balance Index (WBI), to enable partners…
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Africa
Santam to appeal after losing CBI court case in South Africa
Santam is to appeal against a court ruling that found South Africa’s largest non-life insurer liable to pay a client’s…
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Africa
Supply chain and business interruption top risk list across Africa
Supply chain and business interruption have become the number one risk across Africa. According to the Risk Frontiers Africa 2020…
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Africa
Time for wholesale change to risk management approach, suggests South African Professor
Almost all risk managers believe the Covid-19 pandemic will increase the focus on operational resilience, but there is also a…
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Africa
President Ramaphosa receives South African Risk Influencer of the Year award
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, as chair of the National Command Council established under the Disaster Management Act, has been…
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Africa
Congolese risk managers warned not to buy cover abroad
Congolese risk and insurance managers have been warned not to buy their insurance cover overseas, after the Insurance Regulatory and…
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Asia
Tough times ahead as Asia emerges from the pandemic
Patrick Chan, director and general manager of Nova Risk Services Holdings and board member of Brokerslink, spoke to Liz Booth…
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Africa
IRMSA Risk Report 2021 set to help prepare for the post-Covid world
Focusing on the lessons learned from Covid-19, the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has claimed that its annual…
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Africa
Nigerian curfews extending as protests spread
Nigeria has extended curfews beyond the city of Lagos as anti-riot officers struggle to quell violence following protests against police…