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.
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.
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Covid-19 is a warning on the impact of climate change
Experts meeting in London have warned that Covid-19 is an eye-opener in terms of what a climate change shock could look like. As people across the wor [...]
Insurers asked to dig deep as World Bank steps up support to beat Covid-19
As insurance regulators across the continent ask licensed operators to contribute to local Covid-19-fighting funds, in the past two weeks the World Ba [...]
VIDEO: Insurers outline best practices and policy wording for Covid-19
In a roundtable hosted by Afro-Asian Insurance Services, Africa Ahead: The Sustainability Challenge editor Liz Booth speaks to number of African i [...]
Focusing on ESG principles should steer companies through pandemic
The coronavirus is an unexpected and unplanned global catastrophe and corporate South Africa has no choice but to step in and assist its employees, ho [...]
Continental Reinsurance reports Q1 growth and affirms support towards Covid-19 pandemic
Despite unprecedented challenges across Africa resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic, Continental Reinsurance has posted a 29% increase in gross premiu [...]
Covid-19 swings the spotlight back onto emerging countries’ debt
While the focus so far has mainly been on China, Europe, and the US, the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to be even more severe for e [...]
Covid-19 unlikely to stop push for higher premium rates
A survey conducted before the Covid-19 pandemic has confirmed that premium rates are on the move upwards for many classes and in many markets across A [...]
Are insurers prepared for major social change post-Covid-19?
A few years ago at the African Insurance Organisation general assembly, one South African insurance CEO opined that insurers needed to prepare for a w [...]
IMF warns of ‘unprecedented’ health and economic impact of Covid-19 on SSA
Sub-Saharan Africa is facing an unprecedented health and economic crisis due to Covid-19, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns. It fears the to [...]