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News Ghana Insurance: IWD26: Dr. Abiba Zakariah: Redefining insurance leadership through integrity, innovation and inclusion

Published on: Monday 09 March 2026
IWD26: Dr. Abiba Zakariah: Redefining insurance leadership through integrity, innovation and inclusion
News source: https://thebftonline.com/2026/03/09/iwd26-dr-abiba-zakariah-redefining-insurance-leadership-through-integrity-innovation-and-inclusion/

For more than three decades, Dr. Abiba Zakariah has been a defining force in the domestic insurance and financial services landscape. Even before her appointment as Commissioner of Insurance at the ...

News Ghana Insurance: DOSH Insurance honoured for transforming health financing and expanding affordable coverage

Published on: Tuesday 17 March 2026
DOSH Insurance honoured for transforming health financing and expanding affordable coverage
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/dosh-insurance-honoured-for-transforming-health-financing-and-expanding-affordable-coverage/

DOSH Insurance has been honoured with the Innovative Health Financing for Universal Access Award at the recently held 3rd Ghana Development Awards in Accra.

News Ghana Insurance: Coronation launches Pay-As-You-Earn motor insurance to boost affordability and access

Published on: Friday 30 January 2026
Coronation launches Pay-As-You-Earn motor insurance to boost affordability and access
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/coronation-launches-pay-as-you-earn-motor-insurance-to-boost-affordability-and-access/

Coronation Insurance Ghana has unveiled its new Pay-As-You-Earn motor insurance, a flexible, digital-first policy aimed at improving affordability, convenience, and insurance penetration in the country.

News Ghana Insurance: Mandatory local insurance of marine cargo commences February 1

Published on: Sunday 25 January 2026
Mandatory local insurance of marine cargo commences February 1
News source: https://thebftonline.com/2026/01/26/mandatory-local-insurance-of-marine-cargo-commences-february-1/

GIA President By Elliot WILLIAMS Effective February 1, it will be mandatory that all commercial marine cargo imports into Ghana are insured by insurance companies domiciled and licensed in the country ...

News Ghana Insurance: Ghana: NGO Calls for Fully Incorporation of Breast Cancer Into NHIs

Published on: Wednesday 05 April 2023
Ghana: NGO Calls for Fully Incorporation of Breast Cancer Into NHIs
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/other/ngo-calls-for-fully-incorporation-of-breast-cancer-into-nhis/ar-AA19xsQc

The National Youth for Peace, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) is calling on government to fully incorporate treatment of breast cancer into the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).According to the NGO, breast cancers were among the leading causes of illness and death globally as 70 per cent of patients with breast cancer were normally single mothers and widows.These patients, it said finds it difficult to afford the medication and...

News Ghana Insurance: Charges not disclosed to borrowers in loan agreements null and void – BoG

Published on: Wednesday 05 April 2023
Charges not disclosed to borrowers in loan agreements null and void – BoG
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/charges-not-disclosed-to-borrowers-in-loan-agreements-null-and-void-bog/

The Bank of Ghana (BoG) has announced that charges that are not disclosed ... Other fees and charges such as commissions, administrative or processing fees, commitment fees, insurance. d. Bundled ...

News Ghana Insurance: More collaboration needed to boost Insurance penetration-Glico Life Insurance

Published on: Wednesday 05 April 2023
More collaboration needed to boost Insurance penetration-Glico Life Insurance
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/more-collaboration-needed-to-boost-insurance-penetration-glico-life-insurance/

John Ekar Smart has indicated that more collaboration with stakeholders within the sector is key to boost insurance coverage in Ghana. According to him, more effort should be put into various ...

News Ghana Insurance: GLICO Life pays GH₵15,000 claims to the family of slain military officer Imoro Sheriff

Published on: Tuesday 04 April 2023
GLICO Life pays GH₵15,000 claims to the family of slain military officer Imoro Sheriff
News source: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/glico-life-pays-gh-15000-claims-to-the-family-of-slain-military-officer-imoro-sheriff/ar-AA19tcbr

By Stanley SenyaAccra, April 4, GNA – GLICO Life, a subsidiary of GLICO Holdings Company Limited, has paid an amount of GH₵15,000 as claims to the family of late military officer, Imoro Sheriff, who was recently killed in Ashaiman.Mr John Ekar Smart, Chief Sales Officer of GLICO Life, in his remarks, said Mr Sheriff was on the GLICO Education Endowment Plan policy insurance, which offers educational support and death benefits.It was, therefore,...

News Ghana Insurance: Co-creating solutions through multi-sectoral approach for sustainable health financing in Ghana

Published on: Wednesday 18 January 2023
Co-creating solutions through multi-sectoral approach for sustainable health financing in Ghana
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/co-creating-solutions-through-multi-sectoral-approach-for-sustainable-health-financing-in-ghana/

Health financing has been identified as the key to unlocking progress towards the attainment of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as enshrined in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, especially Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.

News Ghana Insurance: Ghana requires Legislative Instrument to get informal sector into pension schemes

Published on: Wednesday 18 January 2023
Ghana requires Legislative Instrument to get informal sector into pension schemes
News source: https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2023/01/19/ghana-requires-legislative-instrument-to-get-informal-sector-into-pension-schemes/

Modern pension administration dated back to the 19th Century in Germany, when the Bismarckian Social Welfare System was introduced. Since then, pension has spread across the globe, but largely for the ...

News Ghana Insurance: Bawumia to speak at West Africa Insurance Conference

Published on: Tuesday 03 May 2022
Bawumia to speak at West Africa Insurance Conference
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/bawumia-to-speak-at-west-africa-insurance-conference%ef%bf%bc/

... Insurance Database (MID), which became one of the biggest game-changers in the insurance space in Africa after the software was rolled out in January 2020 by Ghana’s Insurance Regulator. It is ...

News Ghana Insurance: Hollard Ghana signs MoU with UGBS to set students up for a better future

Published on: Wednesday 04 May 2022
Hollard Ghana signs MoU with UGBS to set students up for a better future
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/hollard-ghana-signs-mou-with-ugbs-to-set-students-up-for-a-better-future/

Hollard Ghana with subsidiaries Hollard Insurance and Hollard Life Assurance has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the University of Ghana Business School (UGBS) in Accra. As part of the ...

News Ghana Insurance: Ghana: Social Security and National Insurance Trust Increases Pension By 10 Percent

Published on: Wednesday 12 January 2022
News source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202201130077.html

The Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) has increased monthly pension for beneficiaries by 10 per cent.

News Ghana Insurance: Initiative launched to spur innovation in Ghana’s insurance sector

Published on: Wednesday 12 January 2022
News source: https://www.myjoyonline.com/initiative-launched-to-spur-innovation-in-ghanas-insurance-sector/

The National Insurance Commission in partnership with FSD Africa, and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH’s FSD component have launched InnoLab, an accelerator ...

News Ghana Insurance: Employer Liability Insurance is mandatory – SIC

Published on: Wednesday 12 January 2022
News source: https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2022/01/13/employer-liability-insurance-is-mandatory-sic/

The Employer Liability Insurance is mandatory under the Insurance Act, 2021 (Act1061), as well as the Workmen’s Compensation Act, which provides indemnity in respect of an employer’s legal liability ...