insurance

Kenya sets USD 50,000 travel health insurance requirement for foreign travellers

Kenya’s Ministry of Health has clarified the implementation of mandatory travel health insurance for non-Kenyan travellers, following the publication of…

1 month ago

Kenya Mandates $50,000 Health Insurance for All Foreign Visitors

Coverage Breakdown and Requirements The mandatory cover, anchored in the Social Health Insurance Act of 2023, is structured across five…

1 month ago

Foreign visitors to Kenya must have Sh6.5 million health insurance cover under new rules

Kenya has gazetted new Social Health Insurance Regulations, 2024, making travel health insurance mandatory for all inbound visitors and setting…

1 month ago

Closing the climate insurance protection gap in Africa: A case for the insurance industry

Eric Nana Kyei, ACII, Chartered InsurerPublished 14 hours ago11 min readAbstract Climate change is increasingly becoming one of the most…

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Embedded Insurance Offers Covers for Kenya’s Gig Economy

Kenya's insurance industry is increasingly embracing embedded insurance as firms seek to expand health cover beyond traditional employer schemes by…

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NCBA Insurance bets on marine cover as Kenya’s trade sector expands

NCBA Insurance has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening partnerships with insurance intermediaries as it champions greater awareness and adoption of marine…

2 months ago

SHA Introduces Fingerprint Verification For Children Aged 7–17 To Curb Health Insurance Fraud

NAIROBI, Kenya,Jul 7-The Social Health Authority (SHA) has introduced biometric fingerprint identification for registered child dependants aged between seven and…

2 months ago

Jubilee Health targets uninsured communities with pay-in-instalments health insurance model

Jubilee Health Insurance is expanding an instalment-based premium payment model in Nairobi as part of a broader effort to make health…

2 months ago

Could phone-based insurance secure Kenya’s device financing boom?

Two days after leaving hospital, Hellen Atieno returns to her grocery stall in Mariwa trading centre in Migori County, with…

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African insurance leaders highlight need for regulatory innovation

Industry leaders at the 52nd African Insurance Organisation (AIO) Conference have called for bold regulatory reforms and digital innovation to…

3 months ago