What if insurance could be more than a safety net — what if it could be a force for justice, dignity, and human resilience?
In Soulful Insurance: Restoring Purpose to Protection, economist and entrepreneur JP Fabri offers a bold rethinking of one of society’s most misunderstood industries. Drawing on his journey building MyUbuntu, his work across Africa, and his time at Lloyd’s Lab, Fabri delivers a deeply personal yet evidence-based manifesto that calls for a radical shift: from compliance to care, from exclusion to inclusion, from policy to purpose.
This book is both a critique and a call to action. Rooted in field stories, innovative models, and a belief that the future of insurance lies not in technology alone, but in rediscovering the humanity at its core. With clarity, passion, and humility, Soulful Insurance invites regulators, innovators, insurers, and citizens to imagine a protection system that serves everyone; especially the most vulnerable.
This is not just a book. It’s a movement.
HEAR FROM THOSE WHO'VE READ THE BOOK
Parametric insurance has the potential to redefine how our industry delivers resilience. This book captures that opportunity with clarity and purpose, showing how data, innovation, and humanity can come together to close protection gaps worldwide.
Dr Raveem Ismail
Founder, Trigger Parametric
Sound regulation is not a constraint but an enabler. By fostering trust, transparency, and innovation, it creates the foundation for insurance systems that serve people and economies alike. This book is a timely reminder of the human purpose regulation must always uphold.
Kenneth Farrugia
CEO, Malta Financial Services Authority
The role of insurance is to convert uncertainty to security. Ideally solidarity and empathy are baked into the policy and processing of claims, and profit is not the sole business driver. Rather, social impact is part of the revenue model to shareholders. Soulful Insurance is a thoughtful and necessary contribution to advancing inclusive finance globally based advocating for the above principles.
Margarete O. Biallas
Agrifinance Practice Lead , Financial Institution Group Africa
Agriculture is the backbone of Africa’s economies, yet also its greatest vulnerability. This book by JP Fabri, powerfully reimagines insurance as a tool of resilience for farmers, ensuring protection is not a privilege but a right. A timely call to put Africa’s people and agriculture at the heart of insurance innovation.
Cutherbert Masukume
Managing Director, AFC Insurance Company, Zimbabwe
In a climate-challenged Africa, insurance cannot just be a product- it must be a lifeline. As someone passionate about insurance as a force for good, I’ve always believed it should be a solution rooted in justice, dignity and resilience. This book channels that vision with clarity and conviction. It’s a bold and necessary call to action for all.
Leticia Boakye Danquah
Associate Director- Natural Resources Champion(West & Central Africa), wtw- Willis Towers Watson
Resilient agribusiness begins with resilient farmers, and insurance is central to that foundation. This book highlights how protection, when designed with people in mind, can unlock Africa’s agricultural potential and secure the future of our communities.
Daniel Opoku-Mensah
Expert in Agricultural Financing and Extension, Spartial Planning, Development Planning & Management, Ghana
Innovation isn't about technology - it's about the value we can create for other humans by behaving differently. This book is a necessary call to arms for insurance with empathy, before we inhabit an uninsurable world.
Dan Kay
Managing Partner, RapidWorks
Agriculture is the backbone of Africa’s economies, yet also its greatest vulnerability. This book powerfully reimagines insurance as a tool of resilience for farmers, ensuring protection is not a privilege but a right. A timely call to put Africa’s people and agriculture at the heart of insurance innovation.
Blessing Edemakhiota
Financial Inclusion Specialist, Nigeria
What struck me most in mentoring JP was his clarity of mission and refusal to lose sight of the human purpose at the heart of insurance. This book captures that spirit and it is both an industry challenge and a call to action. A thoughtful manifesto from someone determined to restore meaning to protection.
Mark Huxley
Mentor/Advisor - Huxley Advisory Limited
Immediate Past Master - Worshipful Company of Entrepreneurs
Soulful Insurance is a bold and necessary rethink of our industry’s purpose. A book that will inspire both leaders and future talent to build protection with meaning.
Alex Bond
Director, FinPro London
Host of the Leadership in Insurance Podcast and Co-Founder We are Insurtech Women