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.
Risk of South Africa becoming a failed state is close to reality, warns IRMSA
The interconnected nature of risks and the real threat of South Africa becoming a failed state top the list of this year’s Institute of Risk Managemen [...]
Regulation and partnerships are necessary to make insurance of ESG work, UNEP FI roundtable hears
Regulation is critical for the insurance sector to ensure that any sustainable projects are properly protected and that investors will get their neces [...]
Afreximbank launches its insurance management services subsidiary
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has launched a wholly-owned insurance management services subsidiary, AFREXInsure.
The bank said it is [...]
African insurance market must act now to drive sustainability agenda forward, warns Namib Re leader
The African insurance market does not have time to waste and must collaborate to ensure the insurance sector moves forward with its sustainability age [...]
African insurers face a world of transformation and must be prepared, stresses ICEA Lion boss
The importance of the African insurance market having an African solution in the face of immense change cannot be underestimated.
That was the mess [...]
Namibian government urges insurance sector to innovate to build sustainability
The Namibian government has given its full backing for the growth of sustainable finance, including within the insurance sector.
Namibian prime min [...]
VIDEO: Value of data and analytics cannot be under-estimated in enabling insurance market development
Sarfraz Shah, chief insurance officer at Pula, explains the necessity for good data and even better analytics to help insurers do their job.
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Looking after consumers has to be number one priority for sustainable insurers
The focus on insureds has to improve if African insurers are to increase their own sustainability, warned a group of market players. Insurers must sel [...]
Young insurance professionals meet in Algiers
Young insurance professionals got together during the African Insurance Organisation’s 49th General Assembly in Algiers to meet and discuss their futu [...]
Africa’s agricultural insurance market is key to addressing food security
Africa’s agricultural insurance markets have grown in recent years, but with a share of only 1.6% of total non-life insurance premiums i [...]