Beijing tries to ease spooked markets but volatility will define rest of 2021

<!-- wp:paragraph --><p>Can you believe there’s less than a month to go before the 2021 African Insurance Exchange goes live? The organising committee looks forward to welcoming guests, speakers, panellists, exhibitors and sponsors on 2 and 3 August at our first-ever online AIE.<br><br>We would like to thank everyone who has registered and encourage those who have not yet signed up to do so sooner rather than later. It’s going to be a definite highlight on the insurance calendar for 2021 with thought-provoking topics and industry-leading speakers.<br><br><a href="mailto:https://www.eventregistrations.co.za/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">REGISTER HERE FOR AIE 2021</a></p><!-- /wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:image {"id":146533,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"none"} --><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://cover.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/aie2021-conf.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-146533"/></figure><!-- /wp:image --><!-- wp:paragraph --><p>We would like to extend our gratitude to the AIE 2021 sponsors and exhibitors, who will be at the conference for the first time in virtual format (although they are no strangers to the conference itself). Thanks to our sponsors Guardrisk, Sasria SOC, Munich Re, Discovery Insure, Guidewire, Allianz, Swiss Re, Santam, Lloyd’s and GIFS, as well as our exhibitors DGC Glass, JMR Software, 2Cana and Milpark Education.<br><br>Thanks to a cohort of industry players who are committed to boosting transformation in the sector, we will be able to host black SMME brokers at the virtual conference at no cost to themselves. The sponsors of this initiative are Discovery Insure, Constantia, Santam, OMI, Indwe, Bryte, Sasria SOC Ltd and Lombard Insurance.<br><br>We still have spots open if you would like to sponsor, exhibit or fund black SMMEs to attend the conference.<br><br>Find out more about how you can get involved from Vumokuhle Ntanzi on 011 341 9480 or <a href="mailto:vumokuhle@iisa.co.za" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">vumokuhle@iisa.co.za</a>.<br><br>See you at AIE 2021!<br><br>Regards,<br>The AIE organising committee</p><!-- /wp:paragraph -->