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 dynamics of the agriculture (re)insurance market
With Africa accounting for just 1% of global agriculture insurance premium but with many countries dependent on agriculture as the backbones of their [...]
Insurers urged to create fit-for-purpose products to drive premium volumes up across Africa
With climate change already impacting the continent, with increased frequency and severity of floods, typhoons and droughts, the insurance industry ha [...]
VIDEO: Transporting temperature-sensitive products produces unique challenges
Transporting temperature-sensitive products, including vaccines, fruits and vegetables, meats and more, in Africa can be costly for both insurers and [...]
Can there be free trade in African insurance markets?
Developing local skills is one of the strong arguments for having local content requirements in African insurance markets, encouraging the local workf [...]
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 [...]