Category: Sustainability
ESG higher on agenda for financial institutions globally
Insurers should take note of an updated version of the Equator Principles (EPs), which promote an ESG agenda and will come into effect from July 2020, [...]
Insurers need to factor in water when assessing project risks
Water risks are often ignored by insurers and mainstream investors, despite being cited by the World Economic Forum as one the five biggest threats to [...]
Zimbabwean insurers face higher capital requirements
Zimbabwe’s insurance regulators have joined others across the continent by significantly increasing capital requirements for insurance entities. The m [...]
Ghana to launch National Development Bank
The Ghanaian government is to establish a National Development Bank (NDB) next year, to provide long-term funding and credit to private-sector players [...]
VIDEO: Why insurers should factor climate risk into their strategy
Nigel Brook, partner at Clyde & Co LLP, discusses the growing impetus from regulators across the world for insurers to adopt climate resilienc [...]
Building resilience after a major catastrophe
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has produced this blog, looking at the ways in which countries are better preparing for the next major catastrop [...]
Fair competition hard to achieve in emerging economies
A new report from US-based Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) suggests digital financial services are often limited to one or two providers [...]
VIDEO: Tim Yeates discusses confirmation bias
Tim Yeates, communications expert and thought leader, warns of the risk of ignoring confirmation bias when adopting policies and setting AI pa [...]
Insurers welcome German court ruling on greenhouse gases
The insurance industry across the world was watching closely as a Berlin court gave its verdict on one of the first examples of the private sector pit [...]
World Bank launches ESG investment portal
The World Bank has launched the Sovereign ESG Data Portal to provide users with sovereign-level environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to bet [...]