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.
Bankassurance players have golden opportunity to grow Kenyan insurance market
Changing regulations and an evolving marketplace are the hallmarks of the bank assurance sector in Kenya, while flexibility and clever use of technolo [...]
Strong leadership required across African insurance industry
Although the African insurance market is poised to take off, voices keep warning that the methods used to win over customers across the continent are [...]
Insurers must work together to create sustainable markets, agree Kenyan brokers
Competition has to end if the insurance industry is to thrive in the new future was the clear message emerging from the Association of Insurance Broke [...]
Drought costs individuals dear and threatens country economies, warns ARC Ltd
More than 60% of households in Africa report sudden losses in income and assets in times of drought, according to the World Bank.
In a new report f [...]
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COP27 starts in Egypt as climate reports shows world short on 1.5°C target
The UN’s 'Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window – Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies' has revealed that the internatio [...]
As COP27 comes to Africa, insurers are urged to strengthen the continent’s voice in global market
Insurers are being urged to see the COP27 event in Egypt as the start of the conversation for Africa’s insurers and to sign up to the Nairobi Declarat [...]
How can African insurance entities start their ESG journey?
Most insurers across the continent agree that ESG will play an increasingly important role in their business strategies and, according to a new survey [...]
Insurers have key role to play as COP27 in Egypt looms
Lesley Ndlovu, CEO of Africa Risk Capacity Ltd, speaks to Liz Booth a year on from attending the global climate change conference COP26 in the UK and [...]
Financial risks fuelling fears of a downturn among African insurance CEOs
Worries about financial risks, including currency depreciation and inflation, are topping the risks facing business across Africa as 2022 draws to a c [...]