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IFRS 17: What Kenya's Insurance Market Needs to Know

Actuarial · Reporting

IFRS 17: What Kenya's Insurance Market Needs to Know

A practical overview of how IFRS 17 reshapes actuarial modelling, disclosure requirements, and capital reporting for life and non-life insurers operating across East Africa.

Contractual Service Margin modellingTransition approach selectionDisclosure & financial statement impactSystems and data readiness

Pension · Governance

Investment Governance for Pension Trustees: Setting Policy That Works

How retirement scheme trustees can build an investment policy statement that goes beyond compliance — covering ALM principles, manager selection, and monitoring frameworks.

  • Asset-liability matching principles
  • Investment policy statement design
  • Manager selection & due diligence
  • Performance monitoring frameworks
Investment planning

ESG · Sustainable Finance

Climate Risk in Portfolio Management: From Disclosure to Action

Regulators and institutional investors are moving from ESG reporting to embedded stress-testing. We examine what this shift means for asset owners and fund managers in Africa.

  • Climate scenario analysis
  • ESG disclosure frameworks
  • Sustainable investment mandates
  • Regulatory developments in Kenya
Climate Risk in Portfolio Management: From Disclosure to Action
Data Quality and the Actuarial Estimate: Why It Matters More Than the Model

Data · Analytics

Data Quality and the Actuarial Estimate: Why It Matters More Than the Model

Technical models are only as reliable as the data behind them. This piece explores how rigorous data governance frameworks reduce uncertainty and strengthen actuarial outputs for regulated institutions.

Data governance frameworksActuarial data auditsDashboard & visualisationPredictive modelling

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