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.
The numbers show the scale of Africa’s challenges
Looking at the numbers for the African insurance market, there is real potential for insurers to grow their business successfully.
That was the ver [...]
Time for insurers to work together with government to maximise potential
Insurers attending the Organisation of Eastern and Southern African Insurers annual conference in Zanzibar have been urged to work proactively with go [...]
African insurance market must work together to deliver on continent’s potential, CEOs agree
A lack of both financial and technical capacity continues to hinder the development of Africa’s insurance markets and threatens to derail the continen [...]
Pools might provide answers to more sustainable solutions
Working together to grow capacity maybe the only way that the African insurance market can take control of its own destiny and grow to its potential, [...]
African insurance markets need more actuaries to cope with IFRS17
With new rules under IFRS17 looming, the need for actuarial services is an acute problem for insurers across Africa.
The lack of practising and ful [...]
What do consumers really think of insurance?
Changing the perception of consumers towards insurance is a slow but steady process, warn a group of journalists.
All winners of the 2022 Pan-Afric [...]
VIDEO: Time running out for African insurers to become compliant with IFRS17
Shingie Maramba, director, wealth and insurance solutions EMEA at Equisoft, warns insurers across Africa that they have just three months left to ensu [...]
Insurers still in early stages of digital transformation process
Most African insurers admit they are they are in the early stages of their digital transformation journey, with the majority of the rest saying they a [...]
VIDEO: Carrier insights into IFRS 17 implementation – solving critical challenges in Africa
African insurers face some large challenges as the IFRS17 deadline looms. In this webinar, market experts and Equisoft discusses what the IFRS17 roadm [...]
VIDEO: Time for African insurers to start their ESG journey
Reuben Wambui discusses how the UN’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance are gaining traction across the African insurance market and the need for mo [...]