Category: Environment
Proposals for a regional insurance risk pool aired in Nairobi
A proposed regional insurance risk pool was among suggestions at the inaugural Climate and Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance (CDRFI) Forum 2026 he [...]
Use parametric insurance revenue cover for hydro-dependent utilities in Africa, urges IDRIMA
The Integrated Disaster Risk Management Alliance (IDRIMA) is urging better use of parametric insurance to protect hydro-electric revenues across the c [...]
Solar boom creates new risk-transfer opportunities for African insurers
Africa’s accelerating solar boom is creating a growing opportunity for insurers and reinsurers to provide the risk protection needed to unlock bil [...]
Burkina Faso widens agricultural insurance to protect livestock
Having already provided cover for maize, millet, sorghum, cowpeas, groundnuts, soya, cotton, sesame, fonio, yams, potatoes and rice, Burkina Faso [...]
Kenya’s flood risks drive tougher underwriting demands across market
Demands from reinsurers in Kenya for more information about flood-related risks and the need for insurers to seek permission to write certain risk [...]
Heatwaves across global north trigger growing concern about climate change impact in Africa
As much of the more developed world suffers heatwaves, there is growing realisation about the likely impact of climate change.
New report from Reut [...]
Kenyan government warns of major threat to lives and businesses from impending El Niño weather event
The Kenyan government has warned that the country may experience above-normal rainfall starting from October this year as a strong El Niño event devel [...]
Super El Niño is expected to change weather extremes worldwide, warns Munich Re
While there were slightly fewer natural catastrophes in the first half of 2026 than average, Munich Re is warning the second half of 2026 is expected [...]
Zimbabwe reassessing as climate risk rewrites Africa’s agricultural insurance
In rural Zimbabwe, communal farmers would prepare their land in June and July, ahead of time, waiting for the first rains in October. Most of the peop [...]
Small businesses are disproportionately exposed to climate shocks, warns UN but insurance is a solution
Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are the economic backbone of the more than 70 countries in the Global South that make up the Vulnerable Tw [...]