Category: Environment
World Bank launches SSA resilience plan: opportunities for insurers
The World Bank has released a Next Generation Africa Climate Business Plan (NG-ACBP), to help sub-Saharan African economies achieve low-carbon and cli [...]
ARC building awareness of drought insurance
Africa Risk Capacity is looking to increase awareness for its drought insurance product across the continent and to promote the use of risk modelling [...]
ESG set to transform energy sector
Climate change and environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues will transform the energy industry risk landscape, according to Willis Towers Wat [...]
More must be done on driving UN sustainable development goals forward
The insurance industry lacks a systematic mapping of sustainable products and services, warned the UN-PSI and Swiss Re at the fourth in their series o [...]
ARC plans to lead in risk management as it launches flood product for 2021
Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) is planning a new product to help member countries fight floods.
To be launched in 2021, the product is already being pi [...]
Water risks rising up the ratings agenda, warns Fitch
Water risks are likely to become a more important sovereign rating driver over the medium to long term, particularly in the event of severe climate ch [...]
New push for water-smart projects in South Africa
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has loaned $225m to FirstRand Bank to enable increased financial and ad [...]
Continental Re to build its agricultural operations
Continental Reinsurance has selected the Agritask risk management platform to enhance its agricultural reinsurance operations.
Dr Femi Oyetunji (pi [...]
ILRI to launch livestock insurance for Sahel and Horn of Africa
Nairobi-headquartered International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is launching an index-based livestock insurance for the Sahel and the Horn of [...]
Banks increasing transparency on climate finance
As the banks globally increase their commitment to the ESG agenda in line with increasing regulatory requirements, multilateral development banks (MDB [...]