Author: Liz Booth
Liz Booth has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist and editor, working on a mix of consumer and business titles but, for the past decade, has concentrated on the insurance and risk sector. Having grown up in west Africa and then lived in South Africa, she has a lifelong commitment to the continent and a passionate interest in its future success.
Africa Re fête 50 ans d’excellence en réassurance panafricaine par des activités commémoratives et par l’inauguration de son nouveau Siège à Abuja
Par le biais d’activités commemoratives organisées sur deux jours, la Société Africaine de Réassurance (Africa Re) a célébré le 50ème anniversaire de [...]
VIDEO: Africa Re Foundation delivers on impact for its stakeholders
Séré Mady Kaba, chairman of the Africa Re Foundation, talks to Liz Booth about the work the Foundation does to support and develop the African ins [...]
PODCAST: Is there really a skills gap or could the insurance industry do more to help itself?
In the latest of our podcast series, Africa Ascending Bites, Udai Patel, CEO of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, and Liz Booth, editorial director o [...]
Insurers and brokers urged to look at what best suits their markets and not necessarily stick with tradition
Adopting the UK model of insurance has served Africa well as it established an insurance sector, however, insurers question whether it remains fit for [...]
Innovation is crucial in delivering insurance to the uninsured, AIBK hears
Innovation and redesigning products to suit consumers will be essential if brokers and insurers are to reach a greater swathe of the Kenyan population [...]
Inclusive insurance and financial health with CGAP and the Office of the UNSGSA – Report
This working paper explains how inclusive insurance contributes to financial health across its dimensions and what key actors can do to measure and st [...]
VIDEO: Agriculture, health and motor key to greater success for Africa’s insurers
Hillary Maina Wachinga, group managing director of Kenya Reinsurance, talks about the way that finding solutions on agriculture, health and motor [...]
PODCAST: Should insurers worry about supply chain continuity across Africa?
In the next of the Africa Ascending Bite Sized podcasts, Udai Patel, CEO of Afro-Asian Insurance Services, talks to Liz Booth about the continuous [...]
Le marché africain de la micro-assurance a besoin de bien plus que de l’innovation pour se développer
Selon le Swiss Re Institute, les pertes mondiales liées aux catastrophes s’élevaient à quelque 269 milliards de dollars américains en 2023, dont seule [...]
Africa’s microinsurance market needs more than innovation to scale
Global catastrophe losses were some US$269 billion back in 2023, according to the Swiss Re Institute, with only some 40% insured, leaving some $16 [...]