Publications
Turning Purpose into Practice: Impact Actuarial in 2025
January 2026
As Impact Actuarial steps into 2026, this article reflects on a defining year of action, leadership, and measurable impact. It captures how 2025 marked a shift from intention to implementation, through pioneering ESG frameworks, hands-on technical assistance, data-driven insight, and deep engagement across Africa’s insurance ecosystem. Together, these efforts illustrate how actuarial science, grounded in purpose, can strengthen institutions, inform policy, and build more resilient and inclusive futures.
The State of ESG in African Insurance
October 2025
The NDSI 2025 Current State Report, authored by Impact Actuarial and commissioned by the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance (NDSI) with support from FSD Africa, offers a clear snapshot of how African insurers are embedding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into their operations. Drawing on member surveys, industry engagements, and market insights, the report highlights progress achieved, gaps that remain, and priority areas for action. For insurers shaping their sustainability journey, becoming an NDSI signatory unlocks access to the full set of tools, frameworks, and insights peers are using to drive meaningful, sector-wide change across Africa.
A Practical ESG Roadmap for African Insurers
October 2025
Authored by Impact Actuarial for the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance (NDSI), this ESG Roadmap provides African insurers with a clear and practical pathway to embed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles into their core business operations. Grounded in global best practice and regional realities, the roadmap offers a structured, step-by-step guide spanning strategy development, implementation, and governance, supporting insurers at every stage of their ESG journey.
Impact Actuarial at the AKI ESG Capacity Building Workshop
September 2025
This article, written by our communications associate, covers Impact Actuarial's role spearheading a series of workshops for the CEOs and Board Directors of the Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) for an ESG Capacity Building Workshop in Nairobi. It describes key learnings and takeaways from the workshop series, and reaffirms the central role of actuarial expertise in driving ESG integration to leverage growth, resilience, and social good.
An ESG Strategy Development Framework for Insurers and Reinsurers
August 2025
This white paper examines leading ESG frameworks, systematically outlines ESG strategy requirements corresponding to each, and presents a six-step ESG Strategy Development Framework developed by Impact Actuarial for insurers and reinsurers. This framework addresses a common challenge faced in the insurance industry: while ESG strategy is a common prerequisite for alignment with global and regional frameworks there is limited available guidance on how to develop such a strategy.
Embedding Sustainability into Africa’s Insurance Sector: A Call to Action at the NDSI Accra Summit
April 2025
This opinion piece, co-authored by Impact Actuarial and FSD Africa, was published in April 2025 as part of the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance (NDSI) Summit Magazine. It outlines the ambitions of the NDSI and its members to embed sustainability into insurance markets across Africa, and calls for coordinated action to turn shared commitments into lasting impact.
From Commitment and Action: How NDSI is Advancing Sustainable Insurance in Africa
January 2025
This opinion piece by our founder highlights how the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance (NDSI) is enabling Africa not only to participate in but lead the global conversation on sustainable insurance as the first regionally coordinated commitment to the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI). It also outlines Impact Actuarial’s role as a key implementation partner for several NDSI activities.