New business written by the life assurance sector for both individual life and group business decreased by 26 percent and two percent respectively in the quarter to September 2017, on the back of Zimbabwe's biting liquidity challenge.
In a report, the Insurance and Pensions Commission (Ipec) pointed out that Zimbabweans were not prioritising life assurance of the back of increasingly difficult economic conditions.
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