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.
Faire partie d’une communauté mondiale apporte des défis mais aussi des opportunités
Faire partie d'une communauté mondiale apporte des défis mais aussi des opportunités.
Équilibrer les besoins locaux avec les demandes mondiales est [...]
Future of Net Zero Insurance Alliance uncertain as three more global giants quit
Questions are being asked about the survival of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance after three more departures, including the group’s chair, as insurance [...]
NZIA reaffirms its commitment for insurers to work together on climate change risks
The Net Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) has reaffirmed its belief that industry must work together to combat the climate emergency, despite losing thre [...]
VIDEO: Nigerian insurers urged to embrace IFRS17
Olorundare Thomas, insurance commissioner for Nigeria, explains why it is so important for the Nigerian insurance market to embrace IFRS17 and cement [...]
Floods across east Africa cause havoc but few insurance losses
In Somalia, floods which have persisted from March to May have ravaged shelters, latrines, farmland and livestock. The education of thousands of child [...]
Nigerian risk managers warned that cyber attacks could happen to anyone
Living in Nigeria makes all its citizens risk managers, attendees at the newly inaugurated Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria heard.
Pr [...]
New Chartered risk institute launches in Nigeria
The Risk Management Association of Nigeria (RIMAN) has officially become the Chartered Risk Management Institute of Nigeria (CRMI).
Executive secre [...]
UK Supreme Court rejects latest claims against Shell on pollution in Nigeria
In a win for the oil majors and their insurers, the UK’s Supreme Court has ruled that it is too late for a group of Nigerian claimants to sue the oil [...]
Insurers must add value for their stakeholders, WAICA told
Insurers have a responsibility to add value for their stakeholders, according to the newly elected president of the West African Insurance Companies A [...]
Time for African regulators – and insurers – to adapt to fast-changing environments, WAICA delegates told
African regulators must adapt to fast-changing market environments to allow insurers to take advantage of new opportunities as they arise.
That was [...]