Author: Jakki Green
Political risk rising in emerging markets, warns WTW
Emerging markets are facing an escalating debt crisis thanks to high government expenditures during the pandemic, coupled with global inflation and in [...]
Client Earth loses climate change liability case against Shell
Client Earth has lost its case against Shell in the UK courts after arguing that Shell’s directors were personally liable for failing to move away fro [...]
WTW launches D&O solution
Broker WTW has launched A Star, a cutting-edge excess layer directors’ and officers’ (D&O) insurance solution.
The new facility provides stream [...]
Geopolitical competition and extreme climate events fuelling risks and volatility into 2024, says Dragonfly
Geopolitical competition, alongside extreme climatic events, will almost certainly remain the major sources of risk and volatility in 2024, warns secu [...]
Global marine premiums up 8.3% in 2022, says IUMI
Global marine premiums rose 8.3% in 2022, according to the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI).
Releasing its 2023 analysis of the globa [...]
Insurance supervisors must act on natcat risks, says IAIS
Natural catastrophe (NatCat) protection gaps – the uninsured portion of economic losses caused by natural disasters – matter for insurance supervisors [...]
Climate change tops future risks list, warns Axa
Climate change is top of the list of 10 future risks, according to a new report from Axa XL for the third year in succession.
It is followed by cyb [...]
Africa Specialty Risks Re gains Baa1 rating from Moody’s
Africa Specialty Risks Re (ASR Re), the pan-African focused reinsurance group, has been assigned a Baa1 long-term insurance financial strength rating [...]
Book launched with innovative solutions for insurers to face growing climate change risks
As natural disasters increase in frequency around the globe, leaving countries struggling to respond to the resulting devastation, leading academics h [...]
African insurance premiums dropped 2.6% in 2022, reports AIO
In 2022, African economies faced new obstacles in an unpredictable global risk landscape. Real GDP grew by 3.8%, down from 4.8% in 2021, [...]