Insurance
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New emerging market flood maps to spark better risk management and transfer options
SSBN Flood Risk Solutions and ImageCat last week unveiled a set of high resolution flood maps for emerging markets to…
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Willis Re launches first cyber model with promise of boost to risk transfer options
Willis Re has unveiled the insurance industry's first cyber risk modelling tool, which will enable insurers to better quantify and…
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Customers must come first says RSA CEO
Insurers need to put clients first and continually improve service, the Chief Executive of RSA, Stephen Hester, told risk managers…
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WEF delivers cyber risk framework to help business manage threats
Aon Risk Solutions has lauded the merits of a new cyber risk framework developed by the World Economic Forum (WEF),…
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Corporate round-up
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions names Ole Nyborg Head of Claims for EMEA, Lloyd's MGA Northcourt brings new nuclear liability capacity…
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Invaluable insight on South Africa provided from IRMSA’s risk report
The risk management sector has welcomed the first annual Risks Report to be produced by the Institute of Risk Management…
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Nervous wait for business as Nigeria delays heading to the polls
Risk managers, brokers and insurers alike are all anxiously waiting to see what happens in the wake of the delay…
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Signs of improving private healthcare in Africa
A new health map of Africa has revealed foreign investment and new private hospitals have led to improved facilities in…
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Your chance to enter the Commercial Risk Africa survey
Commercial Risk Africa is polling risk managers across Africa to gauge their views on political risk, financial risks and to…
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Geopolitical risks present stability threat
The escalating, extremist-spawned terror crisis threatening security across the Middle East, parts of Asia, north Africa, east Africa, the Sahel,…
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Risk managers must tackle Nigerian cyber threats
Cyber attacks may increase in Nigeria in the run-up to the elections, according to Tope Aladenusi, Partner and Head of…
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News in brief
Catastrophe risk management, New credit for Rwanda, New tourism cover for Kenya and Ebola impact estimates fall.
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Time to be heard
As we sign off on this issue, some 160 million people had been expecting to see who will form their…
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Foreign investors eye Africa as opportunities continue to emerge
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Africa are still a vital source of growth for businesses globally, according to a new…
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South Africa’s Retail Distribution Review process gains momentum
The South African Financial Services Board (FSB) published its Retail Distribution Review 2014 [RDR] document on 7 November, 2014 and…
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Africa on the agenda for French risk managers
Demand for alternative solutions to complex emerging risks via captives are on the rise among French risk and insurance managers,…
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Tough times fuel need for better risk management–IRMSA Risk Report
The first annual IRMSA South Africa Risks Report 2015 has been published in the wake of a tough year for…
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Serving customers better will be key to success
A new reinsurance broker has opened its doors in South Africa with promises to deliver better service at a lower…
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Agriculture–industry sector
Farming revolution, technology paving the way for greater commercialisation of agriculture across Africa and ARC makes first payout to drought-affected…
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Kenya–country focus: building confidence
While the cost of oil imports and ongoing terrorist threats continuing to dampen the Kenya growth story, could its mega-infrastructure…