Liz Booth
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Africa
Successful risk management keeps southern African insurance stakeholders in profit
It is not easy to measure the size of insurance markets in southern Africa. Even in South Africa, which…
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Africa
Transforming the insurance sector in Kenya
Winning consumer trust and designing insurance products fit for purpose is key in the drive to increase insurance penetration in…
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Insurance
Kenya confirms early oil export in June
Kenya has confirmed today that it will start exporting its oil in June, after it signed an export agreement…
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Africa
Nigerian insurance rebranding project suffers another delay
The rebranding of the Nigerian insurance industry, scheduled to commence by the first quarter of 2017 after initially failing to…
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Africa
South African insurer grows premium but loses out on investment income thanks to forex strains
South Africa’s largest short-term insurer, Santam (JSE: SNT), announced full-year results on 2 March, for the 12 months ended 31…
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Africa
Allianz appoints travel and assistance manager
Allianz Global Assistance has appointed Sharon Molotlegi as travel and assistance manager. Based in Johannesburg, Ms Molotlegi brings significant experience…
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Africa
Number of wealthy Africans on increase as extreme poverty numbers rise significantly
Seven of the 10 most economically unequal countries in the world are in Africa, most of them in southern Africa,…
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Africa
Risk management at heart of new weather risk-related deal
African Risk Capacity (ARC) has formally teamed up with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to strengthen mechanisms to manage weather-related…
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Africa
Cameroon and IMF move towards three-year economic programme
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has started talks with Cameroon to develop a three-year economic and financial programme for the…
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Africa
Women in risk – changing times
Female risk managers across the world are marking International Women’s Day 2017 today. The UK’s Institute of Risk Management (IRM),…
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Africa
Revitalising Ghanaian forests should deliver sound investment opportunities
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and Climate Investment Funds’ Forest Investment Program (CIF FIP), have signed a US$24 million loan agreement…
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Africa
Major new solar project in Mali gets funding boost
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a senior concessional loan of $25 million to fund the Segou Solar PV…
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Africa
Risk managers need growing awareness of denial of service attacks
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks continue to evolve at an alarming rate, causing major concern for CIOs, CSOs and…
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Africa
Marine insurance faces skills shortage challenge
The biggest challenge facing the marine insurance industry today is the lack of skills, according to one South African underwriter.…
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Africa
South Africa’s Jonathan Dixon to head global regulatory body
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has appointed Jonathan Dixon as successor to long-time secretary general Yoshihiro Kawai. Mr…
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Africa
Ethiopia dam attack attempt not viable threat but indicates increased terrorism risk
A planned attack against Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam (GRD) hydroelectric project was thwarted by security forces on 1 March, according…
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Africa
Linkage in bid to drive growth through Nigerian brokers
Linkage Assurance has strengthened its partnership with brokers to generate strategic growth potential and expand its market-share in the Nigerian…
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Africa
Cross-border online retail predicted to grow at twice the rate of domestic e-commerce
African retailers have a great opportunity to grow their business across borders through e-commerce channels, according to a new report…
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Africa
Boost for agricultural insurance in Tunisia
French consultants Finactu have agreed to support Tunisian insurer CTAMA in boosting its agricultural book. CTAMA was founded in 1961…
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Africa
Data protection a real challenge across Africa
The European data protection framework is currently undergoing deep mutations, warns one French lawyer. Merav Griguer, a partner in the…