The Insurance community of West Africa

Norton Rose tells insurers to tread carefully in Africa

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 09:25:00 +0200

Global legal practice Norton Rose has advised South African insurers expanding into other African countries to look beyond the sector-specific regulatory requirements in the jurisdictions they are entering as failure to do so could undermine their investments.
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Old Mutual puts billions into Africa

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:34:00 +0200

Old Mutual will invest R5bn in Africa over a three to five year period as part of its strategy to expand its footprint on the continent.
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Sanlam's sub-Saharan fund launches soon

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:42:00 +0200

Financial services group Sanlam is due to launch its sub-Saharan Africa Real Estate Fund at the end of March‚ which it intends to list on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius.
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Pirates seize French tanker off Abidjan

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:04:00 +0200

ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE: A French tanker has been hijacked by pirates off Ivory Coast, port authority officials in the economic capital Abidjan confirmed on Monday (4 February).
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Tanker seized in seas off Abidjan

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:45:00 +0200

ABIDJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE - Pirates seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker which was anchored in the Ivory Coast's economic capital of Abidjan, authorities said on Monday (21 January).
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