Nicotine-Like Chemicals in US Vapes May Be More Potent Than Nicotine, FDA Says May 29, 2024 By Emma Rumney Nicotine alternatives used in vapes being launched in the U.S. and abroad, such as 6-methyl nicotine, may be more potent...
World’s Biggest Re/Insurers Expanding in Africa, but Climate Change Could Hit Profits June 10, 2022 By Emma Rumney The world’s biggest insurers are expanding in Africa, looking to tap growth promised by a rising population and middle class,...
South African Insurer Discovery Says Ping An Investment Costs May Mean Capital Raise September 2, 2021 By Emma Rumney South African insurer Discovery scrapped its annual dividend again on Thursday and said it may have to raise equity capital...
Global Fast Fashion Brands Helping to Drive Pollution of African Rivers: Report August 18, 2021 By Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG – Global fast fashion brands are helping drive pollution that has dyed African rivers blue or turned their waters...
South Africa Develops Public-Private Scheme to Provide Drought Insurance for Farmers July 14, 2021 By Emma Rumney JOHANNESBURG – Happy Letsitsa hasn’t paid off the money he borrowed to survive a 2019 drought that ravaged his maize...
Irish Judges Back Guidelines for Personal Injury Awards to Cut Insurance, Legal Costs March 8, 2021 By Emma Rumney DUBLIN – Ireland’s judges voted on Saturday to adopt new guidelines for personal injury claims that aim to reduce the...
Business, Insurers Face Survival Showdowns Over Pandemic Coverage August 18, 2020 By Emma Rumney and Noor Zainab Hussain PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK, South Africa— Wynand du Toit’s safari camp in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park lies abandoned, its tents...
S. Africa’s Regulator to Clarify Policyholders’ Rights in Pandemic Insurance Claims August 7, 2020 By Emma Rumney South Africa’s financial watchdog is consulting with lawyers and the insurance industry on a potential test case to clarify whether...
S. Africa Insurers’ COVID-19 Payments May Be Too Little, Too Late, for Some Businesses July 31, 2020 By Emma Rumney and Joe Bavier South African small businesses fighting rejected coronavirus-related claims said insurers’ offers of relief are too little too late for many...
UK’s RSA Plans to Exit Three London-Based Global Business Lines November 14, 2018 By Simon Jessop and Emma Rumney RSA plans to pull out of several international business lines run out of London which it says are unlikely to...