Easy Earner Dollar Fund offers stable high-yield investment opportunities for Ugandans at home and abroad Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Britam Asset Managers, a leading financial services provider in Uganda, has unveiled the Britam Easy Earner Dollar, a new investment product aimed at providing stable returns and capital security for …
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Parametric insurance has grown in popularity in recent years, with the World Economic Forum recently describing it as a potential “game changer” for mitigating disaster risk ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Liberty Mutual Reinsurance (LM Re) has partnered with Kenyan financial services provider Britam and farming-focused insurtech Sprout to offer a parametric insurance …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Britam Insurance Company (Uganda) Limited and Britam Asset Managers Company (Uganda) Limited executives have said, the company does not have any plans to exit the Ugandan market. This follows recent media reports about a possibility of the company exiting Uganda. “Britam Uganda is now looking …
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Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Long before the outbreak of coronavirus, one thing that most local travelers never spent time on was to buy a travel insurance cover. Planning and making arrangements for visas, flights and accommodations, researching tourist’s attractions and perhaps buying new clothes was all they needed. Little …
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Investors likely to preserve their savings and capital with CIS and fixed income instruments due to the current coronavirus pandemic Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) have recorded more than double their assets under management (AUM) to Shs 388.5bn for the FY2019/20 as a …
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Ibrahim Kaddunabbi and Allan Mafabi IRA boss tips sector executives on managing scams that could haunt performance Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE | Insurance companies must put in place feasible policies to manage fraud that could easily jeopardize their good performance. This is the summary of what Ibrahim Kaddunabbi …
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The industry still grapples with limited awareness, inadequate skilled labour Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Assets held in Collective Investment Schemes (CIS) that includes savings and credit cooperative societies, local individuals, investment clubs, institutional investors and local companies in Uganda, has increased sharply over the last six years …
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UK-based insurer in Uganda, Britam, has once again won a business deal with the government to provide insurance cover, this time for Uganda Airlines. Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Willis Towers Watson is the airlines’ insurance broker. Britam CEO, Allan Mafabi confirmed to The Independent on Aug.02 that they …
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Only nine insurance companies recorded approximately Shs40bn as profit Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Only nine out of 21 Non-life insurance companies operating in Uganda made profits for the year ended Dec.2018, data from the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda shows. Jubilee, UAP, Sanlam, Britam, Goldstar, Alliance Africa, Statewide, …
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THIS WEEK: Britam unveils Windows Glass insurance Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Britam Insurance Company (Uganda) Limited has unveiled a new product dubbed “Windows Glass Cover” (WGC) which is an extension of its already existing motor third party insurance cover. Speaking during the unveiling of the cover on Oct.22, Edward …
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