Old Mutual Custodial Services re-named CABS Custodial Services
HARARE, Diversified financial services and Insurance giant Old Mutual Zimbabwe has rebranded its Custodial Services unit to Cabs Custodial Services as part of meeting international best practice which encourages custodians to operate within a banking institution.
CABS is a member of the Old Mutual Group and have an established strong brand
Treasury targets Pension Funds and Insurance Companies in $50mln Irrigation Bond
HARARE, Government will float a $50 million Irrigation Infrastructure Bond aimed at raising funds to support irrigation development and infrastructure under the Command Agriculture programme.
According to a term sheet seen by Insurance24, the Treasury bond has a coupon rate of 6% and 3-year maturity tenure.
The main targeted
South Africa’s property and casualty insurers face an even tougher year than expected after Cape Town experienced its worst storm in 30 years and dozens of fires engulfed the region around the town of Knysna this week.
The insurers, including Santam Ltd., Old Mutual Plc’s Mutual & Federal and Rand Merchant Investment Holdings Ltd.’s OUTsurance unit, are already being battered by an economy
Natural coastal habitats such as mangroves, coral reefs and salt marshes protect communities more effectively against coastal storms than seawalls, and insurers should consider this when pricing flood risk, Lloyd’s of London said.
Investment to conserve natural habitats also makes sense for insurers, a report written for Lloyd’s said on Tuesday, as it is around 30 times cheaper than building
GANDY GANDIDZANWA & ITAI MUKADIRA
The Defined Contribution system has been faulted, rightly or wrongly so, on many fronts. To imagine it though being blamed for not taking real care of its very own, at the time of their most need, feels more like an imagination overstretch. Sadly, it is the reality.
Forty years on, following those mass conversions from DBs to DCs of the early 1980s, we can now
ZHL to expand its regional footprint
Staff Writer
Zimre Holdings (ZHL) says it will harness strategic partnerships to drive capacity in its regional units and expand its footprint further into the African continent.
ZHL is a diversified investment holding Company with sustainable core competencies in the insurance value chain, property management, and wealth management.
The group’s operations span