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African Development Bank approves $34.8m grants for Malawi & Zimbabwe’s climate resilience
14th October 2024
African Development Bank Group’s Board of Directors has approved $34.8 million, ($34,796,402.40) in grants to enhance resilience and adaptation to climate disaster risks for vulnerable communities in Malawi and Zimbabwe. Under the Bank Group’s Africa Disaster Risk Financing (ADRiFi) initiative, the Mitigating Fragility through the Africa Disaster Risk Financing Programme in ... Read the full article
WTW partners with the University of Colorado Boulder to enhance climate prediction
9th October 2024
Global insurance broker WTW has partnered with the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) to bring scientific advancements in seasonal climate prediction to the insurance and risk management sectors. This collaboration will help WTW and its clients anticipate how upcoming weather events may impact their operations and portfolios, allowing them to ... Read the full article
AXA Climate introduces new Altitude platform to aid business adaptation to climate change
4th October 2024
AXA Climate, a division of the global insurance group AXA, has launched Altitude, an innovative platform aimed at helping businesses measure the impact of climate risks, create effective adaptation strategies, and comply with the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). According to Théophile Bellouard, Director of Altitude by AXA Climate, the platform ... Read the full article
Role of re/insurance when facing nat cats is clear despite concerns of uninsurable risks: Guernsey Finance
26th September 2024
With the increase of extreme natural catastrophes, the importance of re/insurance in providing creative risk management solutions for climate-related disasters has become clear despite concerns that some of these risks can be uninsurable, Rupert Pleasant, Chief Executive, Guernsey Finance, highlights. “It’s no secret that natural catastrophes have become more frequent and ... Read the full article
Howden launches Microsoft-backed Resilience Laboratory to evaluate climate risks better
23rd September 2024
Howden, the insurance intermediary group, has launched the Howden Resilience Laboratory, a digital innovation hub designed to transform how clients evaluate and manage climate risks. Developed by Howden and powered by Microsoft’s cloud services–Azure, Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365, the Resilience Laboratory enables clients to model climate scenarios and assess financial ... Read the full article
Workforce protection strategies against rising wildfire risks: Aon
20th September 2024
As climate change intensifies wildfire risks, global re/insurance broker Aon highlights how organisations can protect their workforce before and after such events. In its recent report, Aon notes that North America has experienced at least one billion-dollar wildfire event in eight of the past 10 years. In contrast, such significant losses ... Read the full article
WRMS targets greater climate resilience with expansion into Latin American markets
13th September 2024
Weather Risk Management Services (WRMS), the agriculture and climate risk management firm, is expanding its operation to key markets in Latin America as it works to bring climate resilience for sustainable growth within the region. The strategic expansion will focus on Argentina, Paraguay, Colombia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and all ... Read the full article
Inigo to fund research programme exploring how climate change impacts the risk of hurricanes
11th September 2024
Specialist insurer Inigo Limited has announced that it will be funding a three-year research programme at the University of Cambridge, which will apply the latest advances in both computing and AI in order to deepen understanding of how climate change has impacted the risk of hurricanes. According to the announcement, InSPIRe ... Read the full article
Increase in hail storms can lead to “very underinsured” solar infrastructure in Europe: Chaucer
10th September 2024
The number of hailstorms in Europe has more than doubled in the past year, increasing the costs for solar infrastructure and underinsured, according to a recent report by specialty re/insurance group Chaucer. Hailstorms are the largest natural hazard to solar farms. Last year (year-ending June 30, 2024) the number of hailstorms ... Read the full article
Re/insurance industry must adapt to meet new demands and challenges: Howden Re
5th September 2024
Traditional risk management models are being tested by unprecedented natural disasters, geopolitical tensions and economic volatility, and with complex and evolving perils more interconnected and severe than ever before, insurers and reinsurers must adapt, according to Howden Re, the reinsurance broking arm of the global insurance intermediary. Howden Re's new report, ... Read the full article
Deadly hurricane frequency surges by 300%, says Deep Sky
22nd August 2024
The frequency of deadly hurricane weather has surged by 300%, according to findings from Deep Sky Research. In its latest report, Deep Sky, a Montreal-based carbon removal project developer, explores how climate change is increasing hurricane risks. Its Hurricane Rainfall Model shows that intense hurricane rainfall, which used to occur once every ... Read the full article
Previsico survey finds most businesses lack a flood action plan
19th August 2024
In the face of the escalating threat of climate change, a recent survey by Previsico, a company specialising in real-time flood forecasting and water management, reveals that 54% of organisations in both the public and private sectors do not have a plan to address the rising risk of flooding. A majority ... Read the full article
Aon renews climate risk research partnership with Columbia University
7th August 2024
Aon has renewed its academic partnership with Columbia University until 2027 to include research on the correlation of climate risk across various perils and regions. This renewal follows a successful first phase, where Columbia's latest peer-reviewed climate science was integrated into Aon’s Impact Forecasting tropical cyclone catastrophe model suite. Consequently, this ... Read the full article
World Bank launches REPAIR program to boost climate resilience in Eastern & Southern Africa
1st August 2024
The World Bank's recently approved Regional Emergency Preparedness and Inclusive Recovery Program (REPAIR), which African Risk Capacity Limited will implement, is set to enhance Eastern and Southern African countries' resilience against climate shocks and attract $205 million in private capital to support these efforts. According to the World Bank, over six ... Read the full article
H1 global insured nat cat losses 68% higher than ten-year average: Munich Re
31st July 2024
A new report from Munich Re has revealed that global insured losses from natural disasters in H1 of 2024 stood at $62 billion, 68% higher than the ten-year average of $37 billion and slightly up on last year. The reinsurer's report additionally observed that global losses in H1 of 2024 were ... Read the full article
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