Category: Sustainability
VIDEO: Suggestions for action on ESG
In the last of a series of three interviews, Cassim Hansa of Continental Re offers some suggestions for action on ESG issues. [...]
VIDEO: Using NASA data to monitor drought and food insecurity
NASA’s satellite imagery and model forecasts play an important role in monitoring the performance of crops worldwide and preparing for food shorta [...]
Parametric model helps Ivory Coast claim after drought
The Insurance Company of Pan African Mutual Risk Management (ARC) is paying $738,835 to the Ivory Coast government, following a lack of rain recorded [...]
Ratings agency launches ESG heatmap
Fitch Ratings has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) 'heatmap' covering 29 different sub-sectors for financial institutions, to pr [...]
Join the conversation on plastic
The United Nations (UN) Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) initiative is carrying out a pioneering research study on the risks o [...]
Banks join insurers in resilience agenda
The CEO of JP Morgan’s global transportation group Andrian Dacy has reminded us: “There is not one institutional investor in the west that is not thin [...]
Insurers join new coalition for resilient investment
Willis Towers Watson has spearheaded a new Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment. Launched at the UN Climate Action Summit, it represents 34 comp [...]
VIDEO: Madagascar: Climate Change and Migration
As governments meet in New York for the UN Climate Action Summit, the UN has made the link between climate change and forced migration – a risk th [...]
Insurers launch new guide to address climate risks
As the UN met in New York to discuss climate change, 14 global insurers worth more than $3.5trn collectively have been outlining how they manage the r [...]
Nigerians push for insurance inclusion
The Nigerian government has reiterated the need to financially capture 36.6 million Nigerian adults (36.8% of the working population) through microins [...]