CBZ committing significant efforts on sustainability

Staff Writer

CBZ Holdings says it is committing significant effort towards ESG, which is the environment, governance, and sustainability, and is addressing all three elements in equal measure.

Chief executive Lawrence Nyazema told Insurance24 that under Environment, a couple of years ago, the bank gave solar loans to all its staff members, which was an effort to ensure that starting with CBZ itself

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Cybersecurity risk now a major concern

Enacy Mapakame

Correspondent

HARARE, As technological advances continue to enable businesses to optimise their operations, these same businesses are now experiencing “headaches” in the form of cybersecurity threats.

So prevalent is the threat that it creates scope for heightened calls to businesses to invest in cybersecurity insurance with haste.

Speaking at the recently held Insurance Institute

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Working on Zim perception key to attract insurance business

Staff Writer

HARARE, The insurance industry is battling confidence issues due a myriad challenges including legacy issues mainly embedded in economic issues.

But the landscape is shifting with the industry remaining resilient despite these challenges.

Tony Van Niekerk (TN) who is the Owner and Editor for the Cover Publications believes that the Zimbabwean insurance industry is very

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Nairobi declaration, a game changer for driving sustainability in insurance

Staff Writer

THE world over, business is battling to strengthen their portfolios to reflect their sustainability efforts as key stakeholders are carefully considering these issues in making business decisions.

It is no surprise that even investors have joined the que.

Investors have historically been primarily concerned with the amount of returns an investment has produced, and they have generally

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Mthuli rallies insurance industry to focus more on opportunities than challenges

Staff Writer

THE business of insurance operates within a complex environment shaped by economic, digital, and geopolitical uncertainties.

According to Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube, as the industry navigate through a rapidly changing global economic landscape, the importance of the insurance industry becomes even more pronounced.

The world is witnessing unprecedented technological advancements,

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Salaries and wages tops cost Drivers for Fund Administrators

Staff Writer

Harare, Total expenditure for Pension Fund Administrators amounted to $96 billion in the quarter to March 2024, against an income of $70,7 billion, resulting in a loss of $25,5 bln.

According to the Ipec Pensions Report for the quarter under review total expenditure was mainly comprised of salaries and wages, operating expenses, commissions and rentals.

Salaries and wages at $50,51 billion

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Champions Insurance tops the list of policyholder complaints 

Staff Writer

Champions Insurance Company tops the list of most complaints received from policyholders against the short-term industry, with unsatisfactory service being the major source of complaints.

Accounting for 22 percent of the total complaints, Champions is followed by Credsure (11%), and FBC Insurance Company (11%), with the three having a combined percentage of 44% of the total complaints

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Ipec halts pension fund dissolutions

Staff writer

Insurance and Pensions industry regulator, IPEC has stopped dissolutions of about 372 funds that were earmarked for dissolution to allow conclusion of the pre-2009 compensation.

The Justice George Smith-led Commission of Inquiry constituted in 2015 found some policyholders and pension scheme members were prejudiced by the conversion process during dollarization and recommended they be

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Nyaradzo dominates life assurance sector

Staff Writer

Nyaradzo Life Assurance Company continued to dominate the life sector in terms of insurance revenue with 40,1% of the market share, driven by funeral assurance business as the major source of revenue.

The Life company also had a market share of 33 percent of the total foreign currency denominated business written by the life assurance sector, thus indicating the dominance of funeral products

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