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.
ESG: a question not of if but of when
Insurers and their insureds must incorporate ESG strategy throughout their company culture or run the risk of being left behind. The warning came as p [...]
ESG higher on agenda for financial institutions globally
Insurers should take note of an updated version of the Equator Principles (EPs), which promote an ESG agenda and will come into effect from July 2020, [...]
VIDEO: Why insurers should factor climate risk into their strategy
Nigel Brook, partner at Clyde & Co LLP, discusses the growing impetus from regulators across the world for insurers to adopt climate resilienc [...]
Building resilience after a major catastrophe
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has produced this blog, looking at the ways in which countries are better preparing for the next major catastrop [...]
Fair competition hard to achieve in emerging economies
A new report from US-based Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) suggests digital financial services are often limited to one or two providers [...]
VIDEO: Tim Yeates discusses confirmation bias
Tim Yeates, communications expert and thought leader, warns of the risk of ignoring confirmation bias when adopting policies and setting AI pa [...]
World Bank launches ESG investment portal
The World Bank has launched the Sovereign ESG Data Portal to provide users with sovereign-level environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to bet [...]
Blue economy of enormous value to African states
“The blue economy can be a site of economic production, which through its value chain process can link small, medium and big production firms and ther [...]
Smartphones to revolutionise credit scoring in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 45.6% of mobile money activity which is estimated at more than $1.3 billion per day globally.
One expert suggests t [...]
ARC pays out almost US$750,000 to Ivory Coast after drought
African Risk Capacity Insurance (ARC) has handed a cheque for almost FCFA443,000,000 (equivalent of US$738,539) to the Ivory Coast government to provi [...]