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: How to manage customers and win more business
In this difficult period, African reinsurers recently discussed ways to manage customer demands and help customers through the Covid-19 pandemic a [...]
Insurers seeing value in digitalisation
While about 5% of African insurance premium has been generated digitally, that number could rise as high as 50% if insurers invest in technology, acco [...]
VIDEO: Insurers and the media must work together to drive insurance penetration into new segments
Zimbabwean insurance regulator Grace Muradzikwa warns the industry that it must do more to promote the good things that the insurance in [...]
Mentoring – one of the keys to success
So many of us have benefited from a mentor in our early days at work, and giving back later in our careers can be incredibly rewarding. Here, James N [...]
UK judgment on BI set to cause global ramifications
Insurers and courts across the world, including those in South Africa in particular, have been watching for the UK court ruling on business interrupti [...]
VIDEO: Insurers reacting fast as Covid-19 hits insurance sales hard
Some 64% of insurers have reported the value of premiums sold since the Covid-19 outbreak has plummeted, while 67% said they have seen declines in [...]
Profits rise at Continental Re as it braces for Covid-19 impact
Continental Re has reported, as at half-year 2020, strong growth across all key metrics and is cautiously optimistic as the continent emerges from the [...]
ARC plans to lead in risk management as it launches flood product for 2021
Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) is planning a new product to help member countries fight floods.
To be launched in 2021, the product is already being pi [...]
Water risks rising up the ratings agenda, warns Fitch
Water risks are likely to become a more important sovereign rating driver over the medium to long term, particularly in the event of severe climate ch [...]
GIRL event lining up for 10 September
Women working in the insurance sector across Africa are being urged to join a webinar from the Organisation of Eastern and Southern Africa Insurers (O [...]