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 launches largest regional trading bloc in the world – insurers have golden opportunity
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which officially launched on 1 January, is the largest trading agreement in the world since the [...]
Agritask data used by insurer in an example for Africa
Mapfre Colombia has selected the Agritask platform to empower its crop-insurance business with data-driven analytics and digital claim management tool [...]
Insurance was the winner at Africa Re annual awards
Valentine Ojumah, MD/CEO of FBN Insurance, Nigeria, has won the CEO of the Year award at the Africa Re annual insurance awards.
More than 1,250 pro [...]
AM Best affirms Continental Re at B+
Ratings agency AM Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (good) and the long-term issuer credit rating of bbb- of Continental Reinsuran [...]
VIDEO: Looking ahead to 2021
Lesley Ndlovu, chief executive officer of African Risk Capacity, looks ahead to 2021 and moving on in a post-pandemic world. He discusses the chal [...]
Africa Re profit drops just 5.4% in Covid-19 impacted quarter
African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) posted a premium income of US$583.68 million at the end of the third quarter of 2020, a decline of 5.41%. [...]
Zep Re to buy 56% in ACRE Africa
African reinsurer Zep-Re (PTA Reinsurance Company) has agreed with the shareholders to acquire a controlling 56% stake in ACRE Africa.
ACRE Africa [...]
New opportunity to check out future customers
Knowing your customers – and them knowing you – is a key component of building trust and resilience in commercial deals across Africa. But access to i [...]
Employee errors generating more cyber claims
External attacks on companies result in the most expensive cyber insurance losses but it is employee mistakes and technical problems that are the most [...]
How to change your strategy in a post-Covid world
Insurance expert James Norman discusses how to change strategy, particularly in the middle of a pandemic and global economic crisis.
A challenge fo [...]