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: Insurers need media to spread the word on the value of insurance
In launching the 2026 African Insurance Journalism of the Year Awards, Lawrence Nazare, managing director of Continental Re, talks to Juliette Foste [...]
Insurance steps into limelight at COP30
As COP30 got underway at Belém in Brazil, the insurance sector is stepping up as an enabler of blended finance schemes and as the mechanism through wh [...]
Marine insurers need better access to data to prevent premium hikes in the future
A new warning on a lack of data has emerged just as marine insurers enjoy a period of stability, highlighting a potential blind spot beneath the calm. [...]
VIDEO: Journalism in a Changing World
Juliette Foster discusses the value of journalism and the crucial role the media plays in increasing understanding and awareness of insurance acro [...]
VIDEO: Changing regulations changing the shape of renewals ahead
In our latest look at reinsurance renewals ahead of the 1/1 season, Simba Mukonzo, CEO of brokers Mukfin, and Owen Munthal, country manager for Za [...]
Need for better insurance data highlighted by AIO report
The need for better data has been highlighted by a new report from the African Insurance Organisation (AIO).
In its annual report, produced by [...]
La croissance de l’Afrique et l’imperatif des donnees pour le secteur de l’assurance
L’Organisation des Assurances Africaines (OAA) publie son Rapport annuel 2025. Réalisé par Faber Consulting, il montre comment les tendances économiqu [...]
VIDEO: Disaster preparedness needs to be front and centre for Africa’s insurance industry
Daniel Clarke, executive director of the Centre for Disaster Protection, discusses the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction while looking [...]
PODCAST: Africa Ascending Ep 12: African insurance capacity self-sufficiency: how can this ideal vision be achieved?
Welcome to Africa Ascending, a podcast series looking at key issues affecting the African business environment and its impact on the insurance sect [...]
VIDEO: Treaty business growing from across the continent as renewals loom
In the second of our look at the forthcoming 1/1 reinsurance renewal system, Chrispin Onyancha, CEO and director at Kenbright Reinsurance Brokers, [...]