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 innovate to build resilience
A new blog from the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) has found there are growing efforts within the insurance and banking sectors to revie [...]
Insurers have golden opportunity to sell agriculture insurance in Zimbabwe
There is a golden opportunity for insurers to sell more agricultural insurance in Zimbabwe – but only if they improve awareness and access to cover.
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VIDEO: WEF High-Level Panel on Africa
Speakers: H.M. Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Børge Brende, Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi. [...]
European court ruling provides clear warning to businesses
A Dutch Supreme Court ruling is a clear warning to businesses as well as to governments to take climate change seriously, after the court upheld the r [...]
VIDEO: Which African governments are leading the way in making positive changes to improve insurance uptake?
Which African governments are leading the way in making positive changes to improve insurance uptake and what major challenges do they face? Jerem [...]
Climate change becoming a mainstream business risk
S&P has warned that businesses must wake up to climate change risks, as the issue becomes mainstream for the political finance community.
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Video: IDF calls on insurers to harness technology to grow emerging markets
Nigel Brook, partner at Clyde & Co, introduces a new paper from the Insurance Development Forum on how technology can help reduce the protecti [...]
Insurers must consider ESG to gain improved ratings
Insurers must increasingly factor ESG ratings into their investment approach, the approach of their own investors and into underwriting, as regulators [...]
Catastrophic events likely to reduce global economy
Some 1.55% of 2020 global GDP could be wiped off the global economy by catastrophic events, according to the Centre for Risk Studies at the University [...]
IDF report highlights need for insurance sector to harness technology
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) has called for better use of technology to close the protection gap, in a move that would help African economies [...]