Drive to promote blue economy across Africa
African businesses are being challenged to wake up to the economic, social and environmental power of the ‘blue economy’....
- Commercial Risk / Article / 11 days ago
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Egyptian insurance industry to develop sustainable insurance roadmap with UN Environment Programme
The Egyptian insurance industry has agreed a pioneering initiative to develop a national sustainable insurance strategy and action plan...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 14 days ago
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Insurers and insureds must work together to combat sustainability risks
Insurers must work together with risk managers, brokers, local authorities, governments and all those with the power to make change, if the industry is to remain sustainable...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 23 days ago
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Insurers could find opportunities in preparing for disasters
The protection gap has become a mantra in developing markets, but the conversation needs to be a broader conversation about resilience, suggested Dr Swenja Surminski...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 23 days ago
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Nigerian risk managers warn consumers are trusting God not insurance
A group of risk managers in Lagos warned that too many people still do not trust insurers to provide the right products, particularly in the face of environmental, social and governance challenges...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 23 days ago
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African insurance and UN leaders meet in Lagos to drive collaborative action on sustainable development - Commercial Risk
Leading African insurers and reinsurers along with the United Nations (UN) are meeting in Lagos this week to drive economic, social and environmental...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 24 days ago
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Cape Town drought worsened by man made emissions
Human influence resulted in a three-fold increase in the risk of the recent Cape Town droughts. That was the stark message from Professor Mark New, AXA chair...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 24 days ago
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Corporates targeted by environmental protests
Greenpeace Africa activists and volunteers delivered a #PlasticMonster partly covered with Nestlé-branded plastic packaging back to its source: the Nestlé...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 29 days ago
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Mass tort claims and jurisdiction: UK Supreme Court rules on Vedanta
The UK Supreme Court has found that the English courts are free to exercise jurisdiction over claims against parent companies for damage caused by their subsidiaries abroad...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 1 month ago
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Insurers must play a greater role in sustainable development
Climate change and sustainable development are two concepts that are yet to be fully understood by insurers, according to Saliou Ndoye, international environment governance specialist...
- Commercial Risk / Article / 2 months ago
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