Tag: Feature
Energy transition resulting from climate change continues to transform industry risk landscape
Climate change and the resulting energy transition continues to transform the energy industry risk landscape, and remains the dominant issue facing th [...]
Building forward better to tackle climate change impact on Africa
In a historic and united show of solidarity for a continent that contributes only 5% to global emissions, more than 30 heads of state and global leade [...]
Double triggers and risk pools are central to innovative pandemic covers
Global reinsurers are leading the charge to develop pandemic risk solutions that will better respond to the growing frequency and severity of infectio [...]
Kenya locks down, but UN’s PSI Africa summit will go ahead
The UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Principles of Sustainable Insurance (PSI) team, together with host ICEA Lion, are to press ahead with the fourth [...]
Energy transition likely to fuel unrest, warns Verisk Maplecroft
Algeria, Iraq and Nigeria will be among the first casualties of a slow-motion wave of political instability that will engulf an array of oil-producing [...]
Register now for the UN PSI Africa summit
Registration has opened for the forthcoming fourth UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) Africa summit, to be held in Nairobi and online on 22 [...]
Insurers urged to improve understanding of climate risk
Global insurance regulators are encouraging the industry to improve its understanding and management of the financial risks associated with climate ch [...]
Against the ropes – managing risk for a sustainable African future
A country’s ability to manage risks across the private and public sectors is central to creating a sustainable future.
The Institute of Risk Manage [...]
Understanding the sustainability challenge
Lesley Ndlovu, CEO of Africa Risk Capacity (ARC), talks to Liz Booth about the importance of sustainability for African insurance markets and expl [...]
RMS launches climate change models
Catastrophe risk solutions company RMS is to launch a new suite of climate change models to help customers assess the near- and long-term impacts of c [...]