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: Microinsurance gaining traction across Africa
Part 1: Lorenzo Chan, the chair of The Microinsurance Network, talks to Liz Booth about the global organisation and how he is seeing an increase i [...]
Captives offer huge opportunity for African insurers, suggest market experts
The greater development of the captives across Africa will offer the insurance market huge opportunities, agreed a group of insurers who met recently. [...]
Uniting Africa through climate change mitigation could be end goal for insurers and reinsurers
Regulators have a key role to play in driving harmonisation in mitigation against climate change, agreed delegates at a round table held by African Ri [...]
Insurers must improve their sustainability to deal with future natural disasters across Africa and access available finance
The projected growth of the African economy of 7% is now under threat because of the recent increase in natural catastrophes, said the incoming presid [...]
Modelling and pre-arranged finance the way to cope with Africa’s growing natural disasters, suggests Munich Re
Insurers and governments must work together if they are to tackle the increasing numbers of natural disasters in Africa.
This was the message from [...]
And the winners are …
The winners of the 9th edition of the African Insurance Awards were announced at a gala dinner hosted by Africa Re at the African Insurance Organisati [...]
VIDEO: As severe drought hits southern Africa, importance of resilience to natural catastrophe grows
Patty Karuaihe-Martin, managing director of Namib Re and vice president of the African Insurance Organisation (AIO), talks to Liz Booth about the im [...]
Namibian prime minister joins insurers in urging the market to innovate to cope with Africa’s rising tide of natural catastrophes
The prime minister of Namibia, Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, has stressed the important role that insurers must play, alongside insurance regulators, in [...]
Insurers and banks must collaborate to drive innovation to handle Africa climate change risks
African insurance entities need to recognise the importance of building system-wide relationships between the banking sector and the insurance market, [...]
Insurance entities urged to join the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance
Working together will be critical as the African insurance industry faces up to the challenges of climate change.
At a workshop organised by the Na [...]