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.
Munich Re leaves Net Zero Insurance Alliance citing risk of anti-trust action
Munich Re has pulled out of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), citing the risk of exposure to anti-trust risks.
“In our view, the opportunitie [...]
VIDEO: Grow your own actuarial talent and grow the African insurance industry
Yvonne Palm, chief risk officer: director of risk and compliance at Africa Re, discusses the growing need for actuaries across the continent, and [...]
Mozambique purchases cyclone insurance through Pula and ASR
In a first for Africa’s second most disaster-prone country, the Mozambique government, through the National Institute of Disaster Management (INGD), h [...]
Losses and damages in sharp focus at IPCC meeting
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, approved during a week-long session in Interlaken, brings into sharp focus the los [...]
PODCAST: The gender gap is moving up the agenda
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Insurers must educate insureds if penetration rates are to rise
Education is essential if insurers are to increase the penetration rates across Africa and reach the currently under-served populations.
However, f [...]
Agricultural workshop proves a hit in Sudan
W-Safe Reinsurance Limited recently hosted a five-day face-to-face training programme for key cedants in the Sudanese market.
The Agriculture, Engi [...]
Moody’s affirms ATI rating at A3 and positive
Moody’s Investors Service has affirmed the A3 insurance financial strength rating (IFSR) of the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) for the fifth con [...]
South Africa faces tough times ahead in worrying signs for insurers
South Africa’s GDP shrank by 1.3% in the final quarter of 2022, compared to forecasts of a 0.4% drop.
Analysts are blaming the record blackouts for [...]
Africans take more cases against oil majors to European courts
In what is a continuing trend, environmental activists have been taking their African complaints to European courts in a bid to force major corporates [...]