The Fidelis Partnership (TFP) has appointed Ms Rebecca Matts as Head of Corporate Affairs, a newly created role.
InsurTech Igloo and non-bank financial institution M Lhuillier have announced a partnership to bring calamity protection insurance to Filipino families through M Lhuillier's branches.
The Insurance and Social Insurance Supervisory Authority (ACAPS) has an initial goal of covering 50% to 60% of homes when it introduces affordable mandatory home insurance, an initiative currently under consideration, according to the President of the regulatory agency, Mr Abderrahim Chaffai.
The New South Wales (NSW) Reconstruction Authority (RA) and Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) have formalised a new partnership to strengthen coordination between government and the insurance sector before, during and after disasters.
Australians are no longer in favour of continuing to pay rising home insurance premium. They feel these increases only support those living in flood-prone areas. Instead, they want the government to fight floods with pre-emptive measures and block development in regions that have elevated risk of inundation.
The extreme heatwaves seen over the last few years may only serve as a preview of what is to come as a result of climate change, according to a new study led by a research team of Freie Universität Berlin and published in the scientific journal Nature Communications.
Shanghai, China's business hub and most populous city, is using digital tools to step up its disaster preparedness, including emergency responses, to better protect its population from natural hazards.
Risk prevention is the other side of the coin to insurance, according to Arundo Re CEO, Mr Bertrand Labilloy.
The Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF), the Philippine Department of Finance and Gallagher Re have signed a EUR2.046m ($2.29m) grant agreement with the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF) to support the development of a sovereign disaster risk financing programme for the Philippines.