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.
Hollard Mozambique teams up with Agritask to launch digital agricultural insurance
Agronomic operations platform Agritask has expanded its digital agricultural insurance platform in southern Africa by partnering with Hollard Mozambiq [...]
Your chance to comment on Covid-19 and the impact on insurance in Africa
The Organisation of Eastern and Southern African Insurers has teamed up with FSDAfrica and Cenfri to survey the impact of Covid-19 on the insurance se [...]
UN PSI stresses benefits for insurers adopting ESG principles with new guide
The UN Principles of Sustainable Development (UN PSI) team has launched an updated guide on how insurers can improve their ESG agenda.
The UN PSI s [...]
Will Covid-19 result in a sea change for the gender balance at work?
As lockdowns ease across Africa, we ask Hope Murera, managing director of ZEP-RE, whether some of the changing working practices are likely to become [...]
Creating an equal awareness of ESG across insurance entities
With the UN Principles of Sustainable Insurance (UN PSI) aiming to create awareness of the ESG agenda across the insurance sector, there needs to be a [...]
VIDEO: Insurers have chance to reshape the sector, suggest regulators
African insurers have a real opportunity to build their reputation and deliver products fit for purpose, two leading African regulators agreed dur [...]
Insurers must wake up to societal risks in a post-Covid-19 era
Increasing inequality, shifting consumer behaviours and record levels of unemployment mean hard lessons need to be re-learned.
John Scott, head of [...]
Kenyan insurers battling to cope with Covid-19 pressures
Maintaining service standards to insureds, while controlling costs, have been the twin goals of Kenyan insurers as they cope with the Covid-19 pandemi [...]
Insurers have rare opportunity to build reputations and redesign products
African insurers have a real opportunity to build their reputation and deliver products fit for purpose, two leading African regulators agreed during [...]
African insurers waiting to see if BI claims arise
The impact of Covid-19 is yet to be fully assessed for many African insurers both in terms of resulting claims but also in terms of future business, a [...]