FBN Holdings, a Nigerian financial group, sold its entire stake of 65% in FBN Insurance, to Sanlam Emerging Markets. The latter previously held 35% of the Nigerian company. This operation enables the South African insurer to take full ownership of FBN Insurance and its subsidiary FBN General Insurance. The amount of the transaction was not […]
The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) has unveiled a new capital model for the insurance industry in Nigeria effective from January 1, 2019. The new risk-based capital structure is divided into three tiers depending on the risk appetite and capital capacity of each operator. Under the new capitalisation structure, life insurance firms need a capital level […]
Press Release 16th September 2019 Douala, Cameroon Mr. Ntukamazina Jean Baptiste takes over as Secretary General of the African Insurance Organisation, AIO. Mr. Ntukamazina Jean Baptiste has taken up duties as the new Secretary General of the African Insurance Organisation, AIO. He was appointed recently by the AIO?”s General Assembly during the 46th Conference […]
Andrew Gwodock, Managing Director of the country?”s lone reinsurance company, Société Commerciale Gabonaise de Réassurance (SCG-Ré) has been elected at the head of the Gabonese Federation of Insurance Companies (Fegasa) for a two year mandate. He succeeds the General Manager of Saham Assurance Gabon, Youssef Ben Abdallah.
Kenya Reinsurance is willing to expand its business area and conquer new markets. The objective is to increase its revenues which are threatened by local and international competition. The target markets are mainly North Africa, the Middle East and Asia. New regional offices could also be opened in existing countries. The creation of State-owned reinsurance […]
Zurich and Tunis, Tunisia, 30 September 2019 ? The mood among Africa?”s reinsurance executives has become more bearish as declining rates and rising claims weigh on the profitability of the African reinsurance markets with a current premium volume of roughly US$ 7.5 billion. While Africa?”s economies are still recovering from the commodity crisis of 2016, […]
ZEP-RE has centralized in Abidjan its operations in the Cima zone, where it has been authorised to have a reinsurance activity. Hence, the company whose head office is in Nairobi (Kenya) ceased on September 14, 2018 the activities of its Douala office (Cameroon). The Abidjan subsidiary located in Cocody Canebiere (08 BP 3791 Abidjan, Côte […]
The new headquarters of the National Insurance Board (DNA) and the International Insurers Conference Center are expected to be inaugurated in 2020. The foundation stone of the project was laid on 14 September 2018. The building will be spread over an area of 1028.27 m². It will have 69 offices, a 299-seat auditorium and two […]
The 24th African Reinsurance Forum, co-organised by Fédération Tunisienne des Sociétés d?”Assurances (FTUSA) and la Société Tunisienne de Réassurance (Tunis Re), has ended in Tunis, Close to 400 delegates drawn from Africa and beyond brainstormed on the theme « African (Re) Insurance Facing New Regulatory Challenges» It was the first AIO event attended by the […]
Windhoek, Namibia, 1 October 2018 ? In the 3rd edition of the Africa Reinsurance Pulse, launched at today?”s 23rd African Reinsurance Forum in Windhoek, Namibia, the continent?”s reinsurance and brokerage executives interviewed for this year?”s survey predict rising rates and profitability on the back of rebounding original markets and a resurgent economy. Across Africa the International Monetary […]
