Category: Environment
Agriculture getting boost, but needs insurance support too
More money will be coming to support agricultural development in some of Africa’s poorest countries, but a leading Kenyan insurance voice has also urg [...]
Smart cities offer new opportunities for insurers
A new report, Cities at risk – Building a resilient future for the world’s urban centres, published by Lloyd’s, Urban Foresight and Newcastle Universi [...]
Companies stepping up risk management of climate threats but more to be done, says TCFD
Companies have markedly stepped up disclosing how they identify, assess and manage climate-related risk. Industries considered most exposed to materia [...]
Major shift in climate risk management
A major shift is underway as the world’s leaders put investment in risk transfer ahead of emergency response to disasters.
In a new report, the Dev [...]
ARC and Lesotho sign MoU on disaster risk management
The African Risk Capacity (ARC) Group and the government of Lesotho have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to address persistent climate risk [...]
Insurers have opportunity to encourage ESG agenda in African mining community
African mining companies should use ESG issues to ensure their survival in a post-Covid world, according to Matthew Burnell, local partner at White &a [...]
85% of global investors want their capital to do good
A recent Morgan Stanley survey revealed that 85% of retail investors, which includes insurers, want their capital to be allocated to doing good and wo [...]
Shipping giants sign up to greener transport – another sign for insurers
In another sign that insurers cannot ignore the climate agenda and that all sectors are committing to more responsible behaviours, shipping giants fro [...]
Agrifinance project launched for Ethiopia
A new project has been launched in Ethiopia to encourage insurance products through rural finance institutions, to allow smallholder farmers to mitiga [...]
Business urging everyone to embrace climate change mitigation measures
The Business Roundtable (BRT), an association of chief executive officers from more than 200 leading companies, across every economic sector, with mor [...]