Risk Management
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Tough times continue in Mozambique
Mozambique’s growth is expected to be lower in 2016 compared to 2015, according to trade credit insurer Coface. The warning…
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Misunderstanding and wrong perceptions still hampering business investment in Africa
Businesses are still holding back from investment in African countries for fear of misconceived perception about the risks involved, according…
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Rail and roads: Growth amid challenges
The infrastructure landscape across west Africa could be about to change dramatically if several major projects are brought to fruition.…
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SA has challenges but risk managers are better prepared than ever before
A youth bulge combined with high unemployment could produce a timebomb for South Africa, a country that is already suffering…
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Conflict, coup d’état and terrorism
Multinational firms face different political risks in each of the territories in which they operate.
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Formal risk management groups on rise across Africa
Namibia has a new risk management association, with the launch of the Institute of Risk Management South Africa’s (IRMSA) first…
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Company boards crucial in shift to risk-based supervision
Risk management is rising to the top of the boardroom agenda thanks in no small part to changing emphasis from…
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Nothing stays the same for ever
Risk managers have to consider myriad challenges every day and a series of Risk Labs, organised by the Institute of…
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Namibian finance minister remains confident despite outlook revision
The finance minister of Namibia has come to the country’s defence and assured investors that it remains investment grade, after…
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Risk managers would be foolish to ignore terror threat in South Africa
South Africa may not be the number one country at risk of a terror attack in Africa, but risk managers…
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GVNW to lobby on global programmes
German risk and insurance manager association GVNW has joined the campaign to remove regulatory obstacles to more efficient international insurance…
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Ferma launches campaign to defend captives as OECD pressure builds
Ferma yesterday launched a campaign designed to change "misperceptions" of captive insurance by tax authorities and other public bodies.
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Mahnke warns insurers on service levels
Industrial insurers have been warned not to lose focus on service as they try to cope with the prolonged soft…
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Insurers must rapidly adapt to new wave of competition: Buberl
Industrial insurers must rethink their business models and react more quickly to customer demands, in order to prepare for a…
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Rapid evolution of insurance model inevitable as technology revolution rolls on
Much talk at this year's GVNW conference in Munich has focused on the dual, and in some ways conflicting, challenge…
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Newly formed GVNW allows insurance buyers to speak with one voice
The recent merger between the German risk and insurance manager association DVS and the country’s in-house brokers association bfv has…
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Innovation rewarded at GVNW Symposium
Innovation in the risk management and insurance industries was rewarded yesterday at the GVNW Symposium, as awards sponsored by the…
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Munich Re enters on-demand insurance market as digital age takes centre stage
The German and international risk transfer industry must rapidly embrace the opportunities offered by the rise of new technology and…
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Terror threat adds to risks facing German companies
The growing threat of terrorism at home is adding to the mounting list of challenges facing German companies and their…
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Forensic firm opens in Germany to help manage risk and claims
RGL Forensics, which specialises in forensic accounting, has chosen Germany as the home of its first office in continental Europe,…