Category: Sustainability
Covid-19 and ESG driving resource nationalism
In the last year alone, 34 countries witnessed a significant increase in resource nationalism, according to the latest research from Verisk Maplecroft [...]
Lawrence Nazare named as new CEO for Continental Re
Continental Reinsurance has announced that Lawrence Mutsunge Nazare will replace Dr Femi Oyetunji as group managing director of the company, effective [...]
Covid-19 and sustainability likely to top insurance agenda for 2021
Covid-19 will be by far and away the most important theme in insurance throughout 2021, but sustainability will continue to be an essential long-term [...]
Climate change: differing risks to both sides of insurers’ balance sheets
Insurers are facing differing physical and transition risks from climate change, according to a new report.
Climate Risk Assessment for the Insuran [...]
Continental Re positioned to deliver value post-Covid while CEO Dr Femi Oyetunji announces retirement
Almost 35 years after it was founded in Lagos, Nigeria, leading private pan-African reinsurer Continental Reinsurance today announced it is “deliverin [...]
Munich Re posts a profit but Covid-19 losses high
Munich Re has posted a 2020 profit of €1.2bn, despite Covid-19 losses of some €3.4bn, of which €370m was attributable to life and health reinsurance, [...]
Sustainable shipping driven by finance
The drive towards a sustainable maritime sector is being led by the financial services sector, according to a new report from lawyers Watson Farley &a [...]
Golden opportunity for insurers to grow their business
Insurers have a golden opportunity to enhance or extend their product portfolios in the face of changing physical risk patterns, according to a panel [...]
Insurance forecast bright despite Covid-19, suggests new report
The outlook for the insurance industry is finely balanced, suggests a new global report from Clyde & Co.
The report states: “The green shoots o [...]
Fossil fuel exporters face major challenge, insurers warned
As increasing numbers of insurers turn away from fossil fuel underwriting and investment, they have been warned the sector faces real challenges as it [...]