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.
VIDEO: Welcome to the OESAI Annual Conference
As head of the local organising committee, Dr Ben Kajwang welcomes delegates to Mombasa for the 43rd Organisation of Eastern and Southern African Insu [...]
Insurers react as UN gives clear warning on climate change
Insurers across the world have reacted to a stark warning from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which said climate change wa [...]
Kenyan regulator urges empathy for policyholders struggling in the pandemic aftermath
The African insurance community has weathered the storm of Covid-19 very well and remains hopeful, according to Godfrey Kiptum.
The CEO of Kenya’s [...]
Clear warning for Africa on climate change issued by UN
A clear warning has been sounded by scientists across the world as the reality of climate change begins to bite – something that insurers will be watc [...]
Insurance at heart of climate change mitigation for vulnerable countries
As climate change worsens extreme weather events across the globe, the Vulnerable Twenty (V20) group of ministers of finance – comprising 48 climate-v [...]
VIDEO: Is the hardening market impacting all markets?
Afro Asian Insurance Services and Africa Ahead: the Sustainability Challenge held an online forum to discuss the hardening reinsurance market and its [...]
Africa Specialty Risks launches Bermuda reinsurer
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has launched a licensed reinsurance entity in Bermuda.
The Group will offe [...]
Covid-19: a double edged sword in terms of terrorism and political risk
The Covid-19 pandemic both suppressed and aggravated terrorism and political violence risks in 2020-2021, reports Aon.
In its 2021 Risk Maps report [...]
Insurance market likely to be impacted by South African riots
Reinsurers and insurers alike have warned that the South African riots are likely to impact pricing for insurance in the country going forward, as the [...]
VIDEO: Are African insurers ready to compete against digital disruptors?
Ryan McGovern, chief product officer at Virtual I Technologies, explains some of the challenges of remaining sustainable as an African insurance entit [...]