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African insurers are struggling to make higher premium rates stick as competition continues to dog local markets and force insurers to drop prices. Junior Ngulube, CEO of...
After a couple of years of losses, Africa’s insurance markets have returned to a more stable environment. According to a new report launched at the...
Vector, the high-limit joint venture from Beazley and Munich Re, has experienced a sizeable jump in premium as demand for cyber BI insurance grows...
The Hong Kong insurance industry saw a 12.5% increase in total gross premiums to $148.8bn for the first quarter of 2019, an increase of 12.3% compared...
Nigerian insurer Anchor Insurance Company has seen premium income rise to NGN3.5bn in 2018, from NGN2.2bn in 2017...
Continental Reinsurance Plc has reported a 22% increase in pre-tax profit for 2018. The pan-African reinsurer said gross premium income increased 15% to NGN34.19bn, while...
Rate increases of between 100% and 300% were seen at Lloyd’s at the 1 January renewals in some lines, according to Albert Benchimol, chief executive...
Non-life insurance companies that operate in Vietnam are still struggling to make decent profits because of high competition and falling interest rates, despite strong-to-moderate growth...
Analysis of trade mis-invoicing in Kenya in 2013 shows that the potential loss of revenue to the government was $907m for the year...
Africa Re saw strong half-year growth impacted by large claims and an upward review of reserves following the 2017 catastrophes. In its half-year results to the end of June...
