StarLife Assurance has entered into a novel strategic partnership with the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council (GPCC) to provide tailor-made life insurance policies that will secure member churches of GPCC - of which there are over 200 member churches – and their families, and ultimately support the Council. By relying...
Senior members of the Chartered Insurance Institute of Ghana (CIIG) have offered to be mentors as part of CIIG’s Mentorship initiative to build future-fit capabilities of insurance professionals in Ghana. The crack mentorship team of Insurance Practitioners with the requisite professional and leadership capabilities will provide strategic guidance to...
Many economic watchers believe small business is the motivating force for emerging markets to catch up with advanced countries. In the next decade, Africa will be home to countries with a majority youthful population driving an entrepreneurial economic growth spurt. The Anisha Prize 2020 report shares how young entrepreneurs...
Seasoned insurance and remittance experts have stressed the insurance industry’s need to strategically cooperate with remittance providers, saying such a move will be critical in driving the country’s insurance penetration. According to them, since remittances remain a critical social lifeline to mostly poor households in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)...
Star Assurance has launched a re-packaged product, HomeOwners Xtra, that has a range of benefits under one plan including a free life insurance cover. Set to satisfy homeowners and tenants who have been yearning for an all-embracing insurance cover, the significantly enhanced product is designed to offer separate cover for...
My heart is heavy as I write this piece. Initially, I decided not to write but to move forward better as a country compelled me to do this. My deepest condolences go to all Ghanaians, especially the families that have lost their dear ones. This is not the first...
Ghana Reinsurance Company Limited continues to grow bigger and better, as it paid GH¢10 million as dividend to its shareholder – the government of Ghana - during its 18th Annual General Meeting held in Accra last week Wednesday. George Otoo, Chairman of the Board of Directors, informed its shareholders that...
Chief Executive Officer-Equity Insurance, Elton Fredrick Afari, has underscored the need for Ghanaians to embrace health insurance. He gave this advice during the unveilling of Insurance Hub, a brainchild of Equity Insurance that seeks to bring together all stakeholders in insurance to collaborate. He explained that people should not wait...
NSIA Insurance Company Limited has donated five multi-functional motor bikes to the Ministry of Health to help the ministry in its surveillance work. The motorcycles which have all been comprehensively insured with NSIA is expected to help the ministry to effectively execute its mandate at a time the country is...
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) has stated that starting September 1, 2022, without local marine insurance all commercial shipments into the country cannot be cleared. According to the regulator of insurance, enforcement of the law on 'Marine Insurance' takes effect next month - meaning if goods are not insured locally,...