Category: Environment
ESG offers unparalleled opportunity for insurers, suggests KPMG
ESG offers an unparalleled opportunity for insurers, says KPMG in a new report on the state of the South African insurance market. It says the concept [...]
Resilience and sustainability ‘top of mind’ as insurers reassess global risks
Insurers and reinsurers must find innovative ways to identify, mitigate and transfer the risks associated with climate, cybercrime, pandemic and socia [...]
Resilient reinstatement: insurers explore ways to achieve net zero
The general insurance industry will have to reinvent its coverages and operating models to make a more meaningful contribution to reducing global carb [...]
More than half of insurers now disclosing climate-related risks and opportunities
The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is among those that have welcomed the publication of the 2021 status report by the industry-led Task Force on Clim [...]
Insurers expect government measures on climate change as COP26 looms
Insurers will be watching to see how countries across Africa react in the runup to the global climate change conference, COP26, next month.
South A [...]
Another new flood model for Africa – this time from Willis Re
Willis Re has launched a flood model for the Middle East and north Africa (MENA) region, the first of its kind to be developed for the region, enablin [...]
The dynamics of the agriculture (re)insurance market
With Africa accounting for just 1% of global agriculture insurance premium but with many countries dependent on agriculture as the backbones of their [...]
JBA and Reinsurance Solutions to support African insurers for flood risk management
JBA Flood Risk Management is to collaborate with Reinsurance Solutions Intermediary Services (RSIS), an African-based reinsurance broker, that will us [...]
ATI backs major water project in Angola
The Africa trade credit insurer African Trade Insurance Agency has issued insurance support for Angola’s World Bank-guaranteed Water Supply Project (t [...]
Climate adaptation urgently needed – and Africa must not be left out
Global leaders stressed the critical urgency of climate adaptation when they came together in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, at a meeting of the Friends [...]