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.
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 [...]
Continental Reinsurance Honours Top African Journalists at Virtual Awards Ceremony
Pan African Reinsurance firm, Continental Reinsurance Plc, has honoured winners of its 2020 Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards at a virtual aw [...]
Hunger increasing in South Africa as lockdown bites
As scientists in South Africa warn the country may face up to 50,000 Covid-19 deaths and up to three million infections by the end of this year, Stati [...]
African Risk Capacity could expand to build resilience against pandemics
African Risk Capacity could be allowed to expand the scope of its assistance to include provision of rapid financial support during epidemic episodes, [...]
WEF warns of economic distress and social discontent in wake of Covid-19
Economic distress and social discontent will rise in the next 18 months unless world leaders, businesses and policymakers work together to manage the [...]
VIDEO: The impact of Covid-19 for insurers and reinsurers
During a virtual roundtable hosted by Afro Asian Insurance Services, heads of reinsurers and insurers across Africa were asked if any opportunity [...]
New reinsurer planned to boost Seychelles market
A new reinsurer is being launched in the Seychelles, with plans to support the local market and help develop new insurance products on the islands.
S [...]