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: Innovation and forward thinking essential for insurers to meet African needs
Discussing the need for innovative solutions to meet the evolving risks across the continent, Mikir Shah, CEO of Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), str [...]
Insurers must sell policies that consumers need, suggests reinsurer broker
Insurers must sell policies that consumers need and will want to buy, according to one reinsurance broker.
Speaking at a round table hosted by Afri [...]
Being part of a global community brings challenge but also opportunity
Balancing local needs with global demands is one of the challenges facing the African insurance market this year as it meets the challen [...]
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 [...]