Insurance & Risk Management Information Centre - IRMIC

‎We're officially underway!
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‎The Annual Chief Risk Officers Convention has kicked off at the prestigious Troutbeck Resort and the energy in the room is incredible.
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‎This year's theme, Future-proofing: Strategic Risk Management for Resilience, couldn't be more timely. The risk landscape is evolving faster than ever, and the leaders gathered here are the ones shaping how organizations not only survive but thrive in uncertainty.
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‎From emerging technology risks to geopolitical volatility, the conversations happening over the next few days will define the playbook for risk resilient leadership.
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‎Stay tuned for key insights and takeaways.
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‎The New Fortune Challenge
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‎At this year's edition of the Insurance Emerging Practitioners Mentorship Summit, it was not enough to just attend — emerging practitioners were tasked to co-create industry related solutions that unlock the new fortune in the informal economy.
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‎Participants co-designed insurance solutions that were affordable, simple, accessible, and value-driven — focusing on the informal economy.
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‎The Innovation Lab proudly sponsored by Insurance Council of Zimbabwe and Firstlink Insurance Brokers had; 5 groups collectively crafting inclusive solutions:
‎✅Group 1: The Fresh Produce Vendors & Market Traders
‎✅Group 2: The Mobile Money Agent Network
‎✅Group 3: Smallholder Farmers & Agri-Value Chain Workers
‎✅Group 4: Cross-Border Traders & Informal Logistics
‎✅Group 5: Artisanal & Small-Scale Miners
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‎Teams pitched to a panel of seasoned industry veterans – Dr. Clementine Chinyuku, Cuthbert Masukume and Nhau Chivingira representing Lindah Mariwande. And of course one group won the challenge.
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‎With the support of the Centre for Organization Leadership and Development, we are on a mission to rethink how conferences are done and creating thinking spaces that brings transformative results.
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‎A huge thank you to ZIMNAT for partnering with us and giving away to the winners.
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What does it take to insure someone the industry has always called “uninsurable”?

Empathy. Innovation. And the courage to challenge the status quo.

The 2026 Insurance Emerging Practitioners Mentorship Summit started on a high note today at Golden Conifer.

Stay tuned for updates and key takeaways from the summit.

Tomorrow, we unlock The New Fortune

“The Guinea fowl has no colors; its colors are in the small ones.”

The future of insurance isn’t in boardrooms — it’s in the market stalls, the mobile wallets, and the smallholder farms that the industry has overlooked for too long.

Tomorrow, the 2026 Insurance Emerging Practitioners Mentorship Summit opens its doors at Golden Conifer, Harare.

Two days. Real conversations. Bold ideas.

We’ll be asking the hard questions:
✅Why don’t low-income earners trust insurance and how do we fix that?
✅How do mobile ecosystems become the next distribution channel?
✅What does a regulation sandbox mean for inclusive micro-products?

To every emerging practitioner, insurtech founder, actuary, and policy advocate joining us — see you tomorrow.

‎Socrates Mhlanga, CEO of Signal Radar Group will be a headline speaker at the 2026 CROs Convention
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‎His keynote address will challenge risk executives to shift from being risk expert to strategic risk leaders who influences strategy and adds value to their organizations
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‎Join other risk executives at the prestigious Troutbeck Resort in Nyanga to share and exchange ideas on how strategic risk management is a catalyst for resilience, sustainability and national development.
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