World Bank funding instruments issued to help emerging countries swiftly tackle pandemics have come under the spotlight after the latest...
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The rise of automation has so far had a negligible impact on jobs at a global scale, the World Bank...
The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) announced the appointment of Denis Duverne as chair of its Steering Committee, succeeding Stephen Catlin,...
Changes in temperature and rainfall will impact almost half of South Asia in the coming decades, reducing economic growth in...
Green cat bonds. That slinky phrase is one that Greg Lowe, global head of resilience and sustainability for Aon, would...
The World Bank Group issued its largest catastrophe bond, providing Mexico with financial protection of as much as $360 million...
Boston-based catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced it has expanded its Global Pandemic Model to include outbreaks of...
The shoe may eventually be placed on the other foot for the U.S. This nation has a long-standing tradition of...
A group of re/insurance and global broking CEOs are assisting the work of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), which was...
The insurance industry, the United Nations and the World Bank have formed a public-private partnership designed to help bridge the...