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Zimbabwean insurers urged to improve transparency

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The Twenty-Seven must thoroughly reform the insurance and pensions sector and strengthen investment transparency to restore public trust after decades of turmoil. The sector is facing a persistent credibility crisis, according to experts quoted by the Financial Gazette.

Experts are calling for further reform of Zimbabwe’s insurance and pensions sector and greater investment transparency to restore public trust. They believe the sector’s persistent credibility crisis stems from several decades of difficulties, according to the Financial Gazette.

The experts spoke to the Financial Gazette, Zimbabwe’s business daily, this week. Their recommendations concern changes to how the sector operates and greater investment transparency.

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