Nyaradzo Life Assurance unveils Sahwira International Plan (SIP), set up Service Centre in the United Kingdom

Nyaradzo Life Assurance unveils Sahwira International Plan (SIP), set up Service Centre in the United Kingdom

By Insurance24

HARARE, Diversified insurance group, Nyaradzo Life Assurance Company has unveiled a pioneer product, the Sahwira International Plan (SIP) targeted at Zimbabweans living in the diaspora.

Currently, more than 3 million Zimbabweans are in the diaspora with bulk of them in South

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Is this the perfect modern-age insurance model?…Marsh & McLennan Agency snaps up independent agency

      

Is this the perfect modern-age insurance model?

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HARARE,  In the heart of London’s historic insurance district and nestled in the shade of the iconic Lloyd’s building lies the office of CFC Underwriting – a bright and busy space home to more than 200 staff selling commercial insuranceproducts to thousands of businesses in over 75 countries.

Backed by Lloyd’s, 

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Short term insurers urged to abide by investment guidelines…..as GWP and investment income drive massive profitability in 2017

    

Short term insurers urged to abide by investment guidelines…..as GWP and investment income drive massive profitability in 2017

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HARARE, The Insurance and Pensions Commission of Zimbabwe (Ipec) says insurers should abide by the investment guidelines in order to sustain their capacity to liquidate their contractual obligations on time.

As reported in the Ipec’s Non-Life quarterly

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New Chubb cyber policy protects ‘the online you’

New Chubb cyber policy protects ‘the online you’

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HARARE, Everyone is vulnerable in today’s digital world. As technology progresses with considerable verve, developed communities are favoring fast and efficient online capabilities. But as we delve further into cyber space, we’re also exposing ourselves to a matrix of emerging risks.

Global insurer Chubb has launched

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ZAFA targets increased uptake of funeral assurance products

    

ZAFA targets increased uptake of funeral assurance products

By Insurance24

HARARE, The Zimbabwe Association of Funeral Assurers (ZAFA) says most funeral assurance products are micro-products which are affordable even to the vulnerable groups of society, but due to lack of educational campaigns, the products end up with the wrong people.

ZAFA General Manager Taka Svosve told Insurance24 on the

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PwC ordered to pay US$625 million for negligence…Swiss Re reveals group-wide coal policy

PwC ordered to pay US$625 million for negligence

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HARARE, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, a global insurance and financial services provider, was ordered to pay the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. more than US$625 million for negligence in the audit of Colonial BancGroup Inc., an Alabama bank holding company that failed during the financial crisis.

US District Judge Barbara Jacobs Rothstein issued the ruling Monday granting the

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Zimpost launch low cost cash funeral plan…underwritten by First Mutual Life Assurance Company

   

Zimpost launch low cost cash funeral plan…underwritten by First Mutual Life Assurance Company

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HARARE, Zimbabwe Posta (Zimpost) has unveiled a low cost funeral product known as PostLife Funeral Cash Plan which offers a cash benefit upon death of an insured person. The product is underwritten by First Mutual Life Assurance Company.

At the launch, Zimpost acting managing director

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90% of insurers’ investment strategies don’t meet global climate goals…Dealing with the risk of natural resource depletion

 

90% of insurers’ investment strategies don’t meet global climate goals

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HARARE,  In spite of the risks stemming from climate change, a new report finds that nine out of 10 American insurance companies’ investment strategies fail to align with goals set out by the Paris Agreement.

“Despite looking at and considering this question over a number of years, they have

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ZB Holdings insurance units profit position differs…..Fidelity Life Assurance on strong recovery

     

ZB Holdings insurance units in contrasting profit positions during five months 2018

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HARARE, ZB Financial Holdings life assurance business ZB Life Assurance premiums for the five months to May 2018 increased 22% to $5.3 mln compared to $4.3 mln same period in 2017, which resulted in improved profitability.

Group chief executive officer Ron Mutandagayi in a trading update

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