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.
Good business is good business: Why adopting ESG principles pays for insurers
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is here to stay and is something that insurers must increasingly embrace if they are to attract investment [...]
Is AI something to be feared or embraced by African insurers?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay, but is it something that African insurers can benefit from or instead should they batten down the ha [...]
Les assureurs africains doivent-ils craindre ou adopter l’IA ?
L'intelligence artificielle (IA) est là pour rester, mais les assureurs africains peuvent-ils en tirer profit ou doivent-ils au contraire se retranche [...]
Le secteur de l’assurance, un moteur clé du développement des infrastructures en Afrique
Le rapport Pouls de l’assurance en Afrique 2025, présenté aujourd’hui à l’occasion de la 51e Conférence et Assemblée générale annuelle de l’Organisati [...]
African infrastructure development must include insurers from the start
Collaboration is key if Africa is to reach its infrastructure goals and insurers and reinsurers need to be involved in the planning of projects fr [...]
Unemployment crisis signals need for national risk mitigation intervention
South Africa’s rising unemployment rate is more than a labour market issue: it is a strategic risk event unfolding in plain sight, according to one ri [...]
VIDEO: Microinsurance offering real opportunities for African insurers
Matthew Genazzini, executive director of the Microinsurance Network, spoke to Liz Booth about the findings of the latest Landscape of Mi [...]
Africa Ascending Ep 7: ESG – a buzzword or a necessity?
Welcome to Africa Ascending, a podcast series looking at key issues affecting the African business environment and its impact on the insurance sector [...]
Increased insurance uptake offers path to resilient disaster management in South African municipalities, suggests new report
South Africa’s National Treasury has suggested that greater uptake of insurance would help its municipalities survive a severe natural disaster.
In [...]
VIDEO: Leaving it to machines to handle claims is not enough
There must be a balance between using machine learning to handle claims and having human empathy for the claimant. But, as Nelson Matheus, chief cla [...]