March 30, 2021

CLOUD COMPUTING: When It Rains, It Pours!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Isaac Khaguli A typical software engineering journey begins with a thorough study of a client’s business requirements to inform the software development process and eventually produce quality solutions that solves the customer’s problem or helps them achieve their objective. To do this effectively, every software engineer must stay on the leading-edge of development tools,…

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joseph

February 15, 2021

3 Dimensions to Achieving Business Resilience Post-Covid

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Technology plays critical role in business resilience in 3 key areas: safeguarding the bottom line; building agile operations and workforce empowerment. It’s been 9 months since the start of the government imposed restriction due to the Covid-19 crisis. And by now most insurers have a good idea what constraints they are operating within. From disruption…

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Kizito Makatiani

January 20, 2021

2021 Outlook: Trends defining the future of African insurance

Before COVID-19, the African insurance market was said to be the second-fastest growing region for insurance globally. The USD68 billion industry was expected to grow at a CAGRs of 7% per annum between 2020 and 2025.  This prediction was however dampened by the arrival of the pandemic with the expectation of a delay of about…

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Turnkey Africa

January 15, 2021

5 Technologies Accelerating Insurers into the ‘Next Normal’

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2020, as COVID-19 became a global reality, many African Insurers begun to scramble to adapt to the extraordinary circumstances. For most Turnkey Africa clients, employee safety and business continuity was priority thus under severe time-pressure, many went for pragmatic and short-term solutions including adapting a new digital way of working to engage agents and…

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Shikoli Makatiani

May 26, 2020

8 Impact Areas of COVID-19 on Insurance Operations: Part 2

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]5. Increased Litigation and Reputation Risks The rise in calls and inquiries also brings with it’s the thorny discussions about claims especially around ‘what is covered’ and ‘what is not covered.’ Recently, the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) issued a directive that insurers must settle all COVID-19 claims. For most insurers, pandemic risks like COVID-19 fall…

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Evans Munene

May 25, 2020

8 Impact Areas of COVID-19 on Insurance Operations: Part 1

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In our previous article – Insurers Hit from all Direction by the COVID-19 – we saw how the ongoing pandemic is engaging insurers on multiple fronts including as employers, claim payers and investment managers. This follow up article addresses the 8 Impact Areas of COVID-19 upon insurance operations. 1. Increased Government & Regulatory Oversight 2.…

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Evans Munene

May 8, 2020

Insurers Hit from all Directions by COVID-19 Pandemic

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the same way that the world is watching governments across the globe respond to the COVID-19 crisis, it will be watching the insurance industry to see how effective it will be in helping minimize the damage. As the entity that individuals, businesses and communities turn to in times of economic strain, the insurance industry…

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Kizito Makatiani

March 26, 2020

Pioneer Announces Successful Go-live Of The TurnQuest System

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kenya’s Fastest Growing Life Insurer to power its just established general insurance arm with TurnQuest Insurance Suite. Nairobi, Kenya / May 29 2017 – Pioneer Assurance the fastest growing life insurer in Kenya today announced the successful go-live of TurnQuest General Insurance System (GIS) a comprehensive end-to-end insurance business management solution to manage its new…

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Turnkey Africa

March 17, 2020

Turnkey Africa COVID-19 Preparedness

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As we continue to serve our customers across Africa, Turnkey Africa is closely monitoring the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The events of the last couple of days in Africa, and more specifically Kenya has prompted us to activate our Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and quickly enact a corporate pandemic response that can ensure we can continue…

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Turnkey Africa