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.
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 [...]
Insurers have an opportunity for a voice at COP27 – but must seize the moment
Developers of the COP27 summit agenda in Egypt later this year have given the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance room on the platform, givin [...]
Diversity key to building a resilient insurance company
Corporations must actively address gender parity and end discriminatory practices if they are to become sustainable and successful into a long-term fu [...]
Climate change activists set to step up pressure on insurers to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Back as the Covid-19 pandemic struck and we were all being ordered to stay at home, a lawyer spoke up to warn the insurance industry that activists wo [...]
Pre-occupation with Ukraine risks hiding downturn across African markets, but insurers still have opportunities for growth
Events in Ukraine have impacted African economies and slowed recovery in the post Covid-19 world.
That was the warning from Davina Milenge-Uwella, [...]