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As the insurance industry seeks to adapt to the technology-driven landscape, it must learn to harness the large amounts of data it naturally holds. However, that is a daunting task where many insurers tend to struggle.
To gain more insight on how insurance industry members can navigate the tricky space of big data analytics, Insurance Business spoke with Vikram Mengi, co-founder and CEO
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HARARE, The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) opened the week on a positive but rather quiet trading session which was buoyed by gains in Old Mutual, Delta and Nampak.
The All Share Index added a marginal 0.09 points on the back of marginal 0.30 and 0.03 gains in the Industrial Index and the Top 10 Index respectively. Turnover was decent at $1.6m with good trades in Econet, Old Mutual and
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HARARE, The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) opened the week on a positive but rather quiet trading session which was buoyed by gains in Old Mutual, Delta and Nampak.
The All Share Index added a marginal 0.09 points on the back of marginal 0.30 and 0.03 gains in the Industrial Index and the Top 10 Index respectively. Turnover was decent at $1.6m with good trades in Econet, Old Mutual and
Masawara winds up on AIM market
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HARARE, Masawara PLc last day of dealings in its Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) will be 6 February 2018 and this follows approval of all resolutions on the proposed de-listing at a GM meeting held last Friday as the investment group seeks to pursue private equity funds to grow its various businesses.
Masawara whose current investments
Masawara winds up on AIM market
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HARARE, Masawara PLc last day of dealings in its Ordinary Shares on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) will be 6 February 2018 and this follows approval of all resolutions on the proposed de-listing at a GM meeting held last Friday as the investment group seeks to pursue private equity funds to grow its various businesses.
Masawara whose current investments
Domestic Credit Insurance can boost credit sales: ECGC
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HARARE, Local manufacturing companies have potential to boost sales locally through the Domestic Credit Insurance offered by the Export Credit Guarantee Corporation (PVT) Ltd, (ECGC) which enables companies to sell on credit.
As a result of increased defaults, several companies adopted cash selling models, restricting credit facilities
Errant insurers reap off unsuspecting tobacco farmers
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HARARE, Some Insurance companies are shortchanging tobacco farmers by entering into informal agreements with sales floor workers to sign them up without their consent, Insurance 24 has learnt.
A survey done by insurance 24 shows that over the years a number of tobacco farmers have been paying for insurance services which they did not
Hope for pensioners as inquiry report is tabled before Cabinet
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HARARE, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development will soon table before Cabinet a report that was prepared in a bid to compensate pensioners whose pensions were eroded during the conversion from Zim dollar to US dollars.
In 2015 government set up a commission of inquiry to probe the conversion process used to convert pensions
Activity improves on ZSE, as Old Mutual goes it alone for insurers
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HARARE, Market activity was decent with turnover closing at USD 1.6m. Trades of note were posted in Delta, Econet, PPC, OM and Seedco. The market recovered marginally with the All Share Index closing the day 0.28 points firmer.
The Industrial Index was up 0.94 points while the Mining Index closed flat with no activity in
Mbada Diamonds Pension Fund goes into liquidation
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HARARE, Insurance regulator, the Insurance and Pensions Commission (IPEC) has approved the liquidation of Mbada Diamonds Pension Fund and David Mureriwa, an independent consulting actuary has been appointed the liquidator of the fund.
In 2015, government moved to consolidate the diamond mining industry and ceased operations for the other