Category: Environment
Comparing nat cat solutions and schemes worldwide: the African picture
Insurers around the world play a key role providing coverage for losses caused by natural hazards and advising policymakers in the design of disaster [...]
Banking regulator rallies Kenya’s financial sector into sustainability strategies
Kenya’s banking regulator has directed lenders to include climate risk management in their business models, in a move that is likely to spread to othe [...]
Africa’s financial sector must be fit enough to cope with climate transition
Getting Africa’s financial sector ready to cope with climate risk is vital for a smooth transition to net-zero emissions and resilience, according to [...]
Malawi farmers receive one of largest crop insurance payouts
Nearly 65,000 farming households in Malawi have received cash payouts from an agricultural insurance programme from the United Nations World Food Prog [...]
Insurance essential in climate resilience building, insurers hear at COP26
Insurance has a vital role to play as the government leaders look to make dramatic changes to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
The UN ass [...]
German government pledges €18m to subsidise the cost of disaster risk insurance
The German government has promised €18m to subsidise the cost of disaster risk insurance for qualifying African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group member state [...]
Africa Green Finance Coalition launched at COP26
FSD Africa has welcomed the Africa Green Finance Coalition, launched at the COP26 World Leaders Summit with the aim of closing the continent’s green f [...]
Pooling our risks: time to get our feet wet?
The ever-growing, ever-present threat of climate-related disasters seems to be approaching rapidly with no caution, faster than ever before. Once disa [...]
North African climate risk high on the agenda at Sharm el-Sheikh Rendezvous
At the first physical gathering of north Africa and the Middle East’s insurance industry since the start of the pandemic, insurers and regulators warn [...]
Flood risk rising across Africa – insurers need to measure up
Climate change is a hot topic at the moment, with global leaders descending on Glasgow, Scotland, to discuss climate-related matters at COP26, the 202 [...]