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.
Building a sustainable insurance market key for new signatories to the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance
Why did you sign up to the Nairobi Declaration?
Parhelion is committed to mobilising the insurance industry to support sustainable development [...]
VIDEO: Claims management set to benefit from lessons learned through Covid-19
Managing insurance claims through the Covid-19 pandemic was an enormous challenge but some of the lessons learned will result in more sustainable and [...]
Women need insurance or face brunt of climate crisis
Women and girls, especially in rural communities, continue to face the brunt of the climate crisis that exacerbates pre-existing inequalities, jeopard [...]
Storm season lashes Madagascar but help is on the way from insurers
Madagascar has been dealt wave after wave of devastating weather events in recent months. First, tropical storm Ana, then cyclone Batsirai, followed b [...]
Insurance comes to rescue in Mali and Madagascar after climate disasters
African Risk Capacity, through ARC Replica, has paid out $7.1m to drought-affected regions of Mali. The news comes days after ARC made payments in Mad [...]
Chaucer launches ESG scorecard to help insurers measure ESG credentials
Specialty (re)insurance group Chaucer has announced a new collaboration with ratings agency Moody’s to produce a data-driven environmental, social and [...]
VIDEO: Insurance Retreat aims to turns words into action
Insurers from across the continent gathered in Zanzibar recently to turn talk into positive action for Africa’s insurance industry. The president of t [...]
Lack of leadership threatens South Africa, warns IRMSA
A lack of decisive, ethical, and courageous leadership translating into tangible and speedy delivery has been identified as a key risk for South Afric [...]
Africa at forefront of climate change risks, warns new IPCC report
Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, [...]
VIDEO: Zimbabwe insurers to move to risk-based capital supervision
Dr Grace Muradzikwa, Commissioner of the Insurance and Pensions Commission in Zimbabwe, and her colleague Robson Mtangadura, director actuarial, talk [...]