Category: Environment
Carbon credit insurance solution launched
Broker Howden has developed a carbon credit invalidation insurance solution to increase confidence in the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM).
The produc [...]
More than 60 insurance entities from 23 countries sign Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance
Signatories to the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance now amount to more than 60 insurance entities from 23 countries across the continent.
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Mauritania and Sudan suffering ongoing heavy rain, destroying houses and crops
Heavy rainfall from late July caused severe flooding across several regions of Mauritania, and now figures reported by FloodList suggest more than 3,0 [...]
Insurers have an opportunity for a voice at COP27 – but must seize the moment
Developers of the COP27 summit agenda in Egypt later this year have given the Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance room on the platform, givin [...]
Climate change top of mind as re/insurers field flood, storm claims
Climate change remains top of mind among global insurers and reinsurers midway through 2022 as they tally up the insured losses from a stream of flood [...]
Africa needs to carve its own path on energy, suggests former Nigeria president
In the middle of a global oil-and-gas crisis, Africa must take charge of its own energy destiny, and use its rich-resource assets for the benefit of i [...]
Climate insurance pilot project launched for Ivory Coast rice farmers
Ivory Coast rice farmers are set to benefit from a new project to increase their ability to adapt to climate change.
Climate change i [...]
Climate change activists set to step up pressure on insurers to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline
Back as the Covid-19 pandemic struck and we were all being ordered to stay at home, a lawyer spoke up to warn the insurance industry that activists wo [...]
Pre-occupation with Ukraine risks hiding downturn across African markets, but insurers still have opportunities for growth
Events in Ukraine have impacted African economies and slowed recovery in the post Covid-19 world.
That was the warning from Davina Milenge-Uwella, [...]
Climate change will drive unprecedented economic and social change
The increase in frequency and severity of climate change-related extreme weather events will drive unprecedented economic and social change over the c [...]