How short- term insurance can protect the agric community from eventualities.
By Jasper Manyika
There is no dispute to the fact that agriculture is not only the oldest profession, but it is in fact the first for humanity ordained in the sacred garden.
Throughout history people have grown various crops for own food, butter trade, international trade and as raw materials for the manufacturing sector.
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ZHL to hedge on regional investments
Staff Writer
ZMIRE Holdings says it plans to solidify its regional investments and improve their underwriting capacity through continuous capital injections as it seek to hedge against country risk.
In addition, the group said it will be pursuing new markets within the region, harvesting its insurance value chain, and broadening its ecosystem through group synergies
Global insured losses from natural disasters hit $118bn in 2023: Aon
In its recently published 2024 Climate and Catastrophe Insight report, insurance and reinsurance broker Aon disclosed a huge $118 billion in global insured losses during the 12-month period under review.
This marks the fourth consecutive year that insurance losses have exceeded the 21st-century average, reflecting the increasing
Continental RE to host awards in Zimbabwe
Staff Writer
Harare, Pan-African Reinsurer-Continental (Re) Insurance Plc, will host the 9th session of its journalism awards in the resort town of Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe this year, Insurance 24 reports.
The ceremony, slated for mid-April, will be graced by selected journalists from across Africa.
In a statement, Continental
What are the top challenges facing motor insurance customers?
And how do these differ from commercial to personal
What are the main pressures facing motor insurance customers and do those pressures differ in commercial lines insurance and personal lines insurance? This was one of the questions addressed by Nick Kelsall (pictured left), head of claims for Allianz Commercial,
Muthe appointed ICZ’s new chief executive
Staff Writer
HARARE, The Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) has appointed seasoned insurer Donald Muthe as its substantive chief executive officer, Insurance24 has learnt.
Muthe, who is succeeding Tendai Karonga, is coming in with a wealth of experience in the sector.
Muthe has over 35 years of professional experience in leading
Is your business adequately insured?
When it comes to business insurance, how much cover is enough? This article will help you insure your small- to medium-sized business specifically and sufficiently so that you can continue to grow it, even when the unimaginable happens.
Business owners know that running a business successfully in a fast-paced, digitally enabled world (which also happen to
US$310 worth of projects granted prescribed assets instruments
Staff Writer
Harare, Projects valued at US$310 million and ZWL$8,5 billion were conferred prescribed asset status by the government to support their resource mobilisation efforts.
Under prescribed assets, the government requires such investors, such as pension funds, to hold a certain number of investments in government-specified assets
By Gandy T. Gandidzanwa and Itai Mukadira
There are few other sectors of any economy with so much power to simultaneously impact both the fortunes of the economy and the well-being of her people. The pension fund industry stands up tall on that measure – and yet in many instances it is mostly only in potential than in realisation. The stretch between what is possible and what is actually achieved