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.
Diversity pays off in economic dividends
A new study released by Urban Edge Capital (a fund management business launching soon) has provided research to validate previous studies by McKinsey [...]
Insurers upping their game ahead of COP26
As the world heads toward the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November (COP26), the world’s insurers are stepping up their actions a [...]
VIDEO: The importance of the Nairobi Declaration
Zep Re was one of the founding signatories of the Nairobi Declaration launched as part of the UN Principles of Sustainable Insurance (PSI) fourth [...]
ASR launches Mauritius hub to serve the continent
Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), a reinsurance business focused on providing risk mitigating insurance solutions to the African corporate and specialty m [...]
Insurers must address climate issues if they are to retain investor support
The casualties of the climate crisis could include financial stability, the global economy and the value of investments, warns the Task Force on Clima [...]
VIDEO: OESAI signs up to Nairobi Declaration and encourages members to take a stance on ESG
Rose Wanda, the recently appointed secretary general of the Organisation of Eastern and Southern African Insurers, tells Liz Booth about the impor [...]
ARC launches gender and disaster risk management platform
To ensure the integration of gender equality and women empowerment issues in the disaster risk management (DRM) landscape, the African Union (AU) [...]
ARC lancent la plateforme de l’égalité des genres et de gestion des risques de catastrophe
Pour assurer l’intégration des questions de l’égalité des genres et de l’autonomisation des femmes dans le paysage de la gestion des risques de catast [...]
Africa ahead as insurers sign Nairobi Declaration – the first such declaration across the world
In what is a global first for the insurance industry, 13 insurance-related organisations have signed the newly created Nairobi Declaration, promising [...]
VIDEO: CEOs admit Covid-19 has hit the continent’s insurance markets hard
At the UN PSI's fourth Africa Summit, George Nyakundi, ICEA Lion Life chief executive officer, launched a CEO panel discussion on the impact of Co [...]