Emerging Risks
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Insurers must adapt if they are to meet insureds’ demands for the future
Insurers across Africa need to be preparing now for massive changes ahead, warns one South African insurance boss. Stuart…
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Scandals highlight rising D&O risk in corporate Asia
High level executives in Asia corporates face a much greater risk of litigation and liability due to more stringent regulation,…
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Asia-Pacific to spearhead growth of IoT insurance market
A report has placed Asia-Pacific at the forefront of the multi-billion-dollar Internet of Things (IoT) insurance market. According to market…
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Food, glorious food
Africa has sometimes been described as the world’s bread basket, but much of the continent is still plagued with difficulties…
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Drought-wracked southern Africa has seen its agricultural sector hit hard
Primary agriculture makes up around 3% of South Africa’s GDP, with the extended value chain contributing as much as…
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Atradius reveals world’s top emerging markets
Ivory Coast is among the global leading emerging market economies (EMEs) to watch, according to trade credit insurer Atradius, which…
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Mobile-enabled microinsurance for Uganda
Two South African companies, MTN and MMI Holdings, have launched mobile-enabled microinsurance products in Uganda in a move expected to…
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Tokio Marine Kiln launches online drone insurance
Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) has added Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) insurance to its One TMK digital exchange. Brokers can now…
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Risk managers must factor climate change into strategic thinking
Adapting to climate change will be critical for Africa’s success in the future and a new World Bank plan…
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‘Most challenging’ market conditions unlikely to ease for insurers: Kendrick
There is little prospect of a change in commercial insurance market dynamics anytime soon, despite the fact the rating environment…
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Malawi government awaits ARC payout
The African Risk Capacity Insurance Company (ARC) is processing an insurance payout of approximately $8.1m to the government of Malawi…
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Executives at risk from new liability scenarios and anti-corporate litigation culture
New risks such as cyber incidents or data privacy, rising regulatory and shareholder activism, and the influence of third-party litigation…
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Insurers and risk management key in developing resilient communities
We face a new reality: disasters and shocks are occurring more frequently and chronic stresses are lasting longer. The most…
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One vision – AXA’s Asia strategy
Nicholas Pratt talks to AXA Corporate Solutions’ Etienne Champion about the insurer’s One AXA Asia initiative and its plans for…
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InsurTech bandwagon comes to Singapore
September saw the first InsurTech conference in Asia and the largest gathering to date of insurers and startups. Nicholas Pratt…
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Asian risk and insurance market embraces the blockchain
As more insurers announce new blockchain-based projects on an almost weekly basis, Adrian Ladbury asks whether this new technology could…
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News in brief
Mobiles driving change, Mauritius in London promotion, Microinsurance challenges, Solution expansion and New face at Chubb.
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$5bn for emerging markets infrastructure investments
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, has launched a programme to raise $5bn from global institutional…
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Infrastructure holds key to EAC oil production
Steve Mbogo looks at the oil and gas picture across east Africa.
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Technology making the difference
Many African reinsurers see technology as the way to open up previously untapped insurance markets across Africa.