Insurance supervisors' responses to Covid-19

The document outlines the impact of Covid-19 on the African insurance sector and the subsequent regulatory responses in sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights a trade-off between providing regulatory relief to insurers and monitoring market vulnerabilities. While the pandemic hindered operations like premium collection and claims processing, it also created opportunities for digitalization and the adoption of regtech and suptech. The current research seeks to evaluate these responses to guide future stability and crisis management.

• The Covid-19 pandemic negatively impacted the operational capacity of insurers, specifically affecting their ability to launch new products, make sales, collect premiums, service customers, and process claims.
• Insurance regulators in sub-Saharan Africa faced a trade-off between granting regulatory relief to entities and closely monitoring market vulnerabilities; some prioritized easing requirements to increase response capacity, while others focused on pandemic-related risks such as virus transmission via face-to-face business.
• The pandemic provided opportunities for regulators to improve market stability and efficiency through digitalization, market consolidation, and the implementation of regulatory technology (regtech) and supervisory technology (suptech).

APA

FSD Africa (2025). Insurance supervisors' responses to Covid-19. https://fsdafrica.org/publication/insurance-supervisors-responses-to-covid-19/

Chicago

FSD Africa. Insurance supervisors' responses to Covid-19. 2025. https://fsdafrica.org/publication/insurance-supervisors-responses-to-covid-19/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{fsdafrica2025insurance, author = {{FSD Africa}}, title = {{Insurance supervisors' responses to Covid-19}}, institution = {FSD Africa}, year = {2025}, month = may, url = {https://fsdafrica.org/publication/insurance-supervisors-responses-to-covid-19/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }