African Actuarial Consultants (“AAC”) partners South African firm

HARARE, The African Actuarial Consultants (“AAC”) has partnered Alexander Forbes Group Holdings Ltd (AFH) of South Africa in a transaction aimed at strengthening AAC’s business to grow its client base not only in Zimbabwe but in the region as well.

AAC, which started operating in 1993, offers end-to-end actuarial and advisory services to leading insurers, reinsurers and large pension schemes

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NICOZ Diamond revenue in marginal growth in Q1 2017

HARARE, Insurance Company, Nicoz Diamond says the insurance sector continues to face a protracted soft market cycle that has seen clients continuing to negotiate for reduced covers and lower premium rates.

As a result, the Group’s revenue for the four months to April 2017 grew a marginal 1% with Gross Premium Written (GWP) for the period at $15.7mln compared to $15.6mln same period in 2016.

Group

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Pensioners – Orphans Of Their Own Industry?

Pensioners – Orphans Of Their Own Industry?

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

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ZHL to expand its regional footprint

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

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