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.
Vulnerable 20 launch sustainable insurance facility
The Vulnerable Twenty group of finance ministers (V20) has launched the V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility (SIF).
The V20 is comprised of 55 climat [...]
Brokerslink adds Africa Brokers’ Company from Benin as new affiliate
Benin-based Africa Brokers’ Company has joined broking group Brokerslink. Africa Brokers’ Company is an independent insurance broker based in Cotonou. [...]
Africa’s financial sector must be fit enough to cope with climate transition
Getting Africa’s financial sector ready to cope with climate risk is vital for a smooth transition to net-zero emissions and resilience, according to [...]
VIDEO: Navigating the transition to digital
At a recent roundtable hosted by Africa Ahead and supported by Virtual-i, delegates discussed whether or not Africa’s insurance industry is ready to m [...]
Risks are on the rise, warns Munich Re
The latest IPCC Assessment Report, released this August, shows that anthropogenic climate change is contributing to weather and climate extremes aroun [...]
New insurance sector and NGO partnership will protect world’s most vulnerable from climate risks
Start Network, a coalition of more than 50 humanitarian charities, and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) have agreed a new partnership to support [...]
Insurance essential in climate resilience building, insurers hear at COP26
Insurance has a vital role to play as the government leaders look to make dramatic changes to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
The UN ass [...]
German government pledges €18m to subsidise the cost of disaster risk insurance
The German government has promised €18m to subsidise the cost of disaster risk insurance for qualifying African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group member state [...]
VIDEO: Insurers meet at COP26
As governments and business meet at the United Nations’ climate change conference, COP26, in Glasgow this week, Liz Booth talks to Lesley Ndlovu, CEO [...]
Insurers working to have their voice heard at COP26
With governments gathering in the UK ahead of the COP26 climate change conference, insurers are warning that the sector must focus on the devastating [...]