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.
VIDEO: Actions, not words: the need to move the dial on selling insurance
PART ONE: Udai Patel, chair and CEO of Afro Asian Insurance Services, talks to Liz Booth about the state of the African insurance market and the i [...]
Cyber insurers set for global deluge in claims after CrowdStrike, but other classes will be hit too
Cyber insurers are facing a deluge of claims from across the world after the CrowdStrike incident that left businesses globally struggling for connect [...]
Continental Re underwriting profit up 108% in 2023
Continental Reinsurance Plc has seen substantial growth and strong performance across various metrics in 2023, with reinsurance revenue increased to N [...]
VIDEO: Accurate flood mapping becomes available for African insurers
Rupert Bidwell, VP Insurance Solutions at ICEYE, talks to Liz Booth about the need for more reliable data on floods, which African insurers can use [...]
VIDEO Part 2: Claims must be paid, stresses Microinsurance Network chair
Part 2: Without paying claims, the insurance industry would find it impossible to build its microinsurance business across Africa, suggests Lorenz [...]
Insurance has key role in helping world “wake up” to polycrisis
Insurers can use their position to wake the world up to the environmental crisis it is facing, a leading academic has suggested.
Speaking at th [...]
L’assurance a un rôle clé à jouer pour aider le monde à se réveiller face à la ‘polycrise’
Les assureurs peuvent profiter de leur position pour sensibiliser le monde à la crise environnementale à laquelle il est confronté, a suggéré un unive [...]
Africa needs more clarity on climate financing, London Climate Action Week told
Delegates at the London Climate Action Week have been told in no uncertain terms that there must be clarity and agreement on climate financing for eme [...]
ATIDI posts record results despite volatile global and regional environment
Credit insurer African Trade & Investment Development Insurance’s (ATIDI) has seen its profits increase more than 200% despite chall [...]
ATIDI annonce des résultats records malgré une conjoncture mondiale et régionale volatile
Son Excellence Hakainde Hichilema, Président de la République de Zambie, a officiellement ouvert ce jour l’assemblée générale annuelle (AGA) 2024 de l [...]