Insurance
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Emerging corporate risks business bolsters Munich Re in fiercely competitive reinsurance market
Munich Re's full year 2014 results strongly suggest that the German reinsurer will accelerate its push into the primary corporate…
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Risk managers demand better services for international programmes in Latin America
Leading risk managers in Spain this week urged underwriters to provide better services for Latin American coverages included in global…
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Problems with SII compliance deadline ‘inevitable’, says Van Hulle
Not all insurers in Europe will be sufficiently prepared for the implementation of Solvency II in ten months’ time, according…
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Insured losses from recent US winter storms over $1bn
Insurers face a bill of over $1bn from the adverse winter weather that swept across much of the US last…
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Public and private sectors must work together to build on infrastructure opportunities
Political and regulatory risks are hampering infrastructure development, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum (WEF).
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A year of challenges and opportunities
Businesses are exposed an increasing number of disruptive scenarios, however more CEOs believe there will be more business opportunities in…
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Bringing the Swiss style to South Africa
The direct corporate insurance arm of the Swiss Re Group is to open its first office in Africa. Liz Booth…
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Making big data work
Tanguy Touffut, of Axa Corporate Solutions, talks to Commercial Risk Africa about the risk to agriculture as climate change is…
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Creditable progress
Africa’s trade evolution will open the door for early entrants to the trade credit insurance market, writes Gareth Stokes.
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Nigeria country focus: Watching and waiting
With an election on the horizon, Nigeria is very much in a holding pattern, with foreign investors biding their time.…
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Nigeria country focus: Local content rules create new challenges for Nigerian market
The Nigerian regulator insists that local insurers are offered all business before it goes out to international markets in a…
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Risk managers conclude political risks top list of concerns for 2015
Risk managers across Africa are increasingly concerned by growing political risks across the Sub Saharan region.
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Nigeria country focus: Risk managers see broadening role to meet market challenges
Political risks still dominate the thoughts of risk managers, as Liz Booth discovered as she met a group of them…
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Oil prices and elections dominate African risks
Sub Saharan Africa continued to record the largest number of downgrades in the latest political risk map from Aon for…
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Oil & gas–industry sector
While consumers may celebrate lower prices at the fuel pumps, it is not such good news for the oil-producing states,…
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IMF strikes deal to help Ghana rebuild economy
The announcement of a staff level agreement on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal for Ghana has been welcomed by…
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Healthcare Q&A: Is your workforce fit and healthy?
Liz Booth spoke to Anne Reed, of Runsums Advisory Services and Health Gateway, about risks to the health of the…
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Africa Re & French insurance giant Axa sign deal
French insurance giant Axa has paid $61m to buy a 7.15% share of Africa Re and a seat on the…
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New campaign to improve insurance penetration underway in Kenya
A campaign to popularise microinsurance in Kenya has been launched, following the training of 60 community leaders in Embu and…
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News in brief
Emerging technologies top 10 list identified, Cyber threat to aviation and Seychelles rating.