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.
Africa Re files net profit of $23.7m for first half
The African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) has posted a net profit of $23.7m for the first six months of this year, 27% higher than the $18.7m re [...]
Global premiums set to double in next two decades
Global P&C premiums are expected to more than double to $4.3trn in 2040 from $1.8trn in 2020, as the P&C portfolio composition is expected to [...]
La ZLECAf représente une formidable opportunité pour les assureurs Africains
Selon le Pouls de l’assurance en Afrique 1/2021 sur la "Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine" (ZLECAf) lancé aujourd'hui par l'Organisation de [...]
AfCFTA represents a tremendous opportunity for African insurers
The African insurance sector is optimistic about the new African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) but wishes to see regulatory integra [...]
Nigeria President Buhari puts weight behind insurance industry and its role in rebuilding Africa post-Covid
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the African insurance industry to play its part in rebuilding the continent’s economy post-Covid.
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VIDEO: What makes agreeing a placement harder?
In a recent roundtable, hosted by Afro Asian Insurance Services, a panel of leading African insurers and reinsurers debated whether it was the cost of [...]
Ploughing into agriculture insurance
The need for innovation has never been greater as Africa emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, governments look to recovery and as insurers hope to reco [...]
AM Best says global reinsurance market stable
AM Best’s outlook on the global reinsurance segment remains at stable, as improved pricing trends for most business lines are offsetting growing claim [...]
New insurtech solution launched to support Kenya’s livestock industry
Micro Insurance Company (MIC) and Lofte Kesho are partnering to offer digital solutions to livestock farmers to improve their economic wellbeing.
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Podcast: SDGs must play key role in insurer development
Patty Karuaihe-Martin, the managing director of Namib Re, has been reappointed chairperson of the Organisation of Eastern and Southern African Insurer [...]