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Faster melting of the west Antarctic ice sheet Is unavoidable
Ocean-driven melting of floating ice-shelves in the Amundsen Sea in the Antarctic is currently the main process controlling Antarctica's...
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Tipping points of risk pose new threats
Risk tipping points are becoming an increasing challenge worldwide according to a new report by the United Nations University - Institute...
Nov 8, 20232 min read
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Huge cost savings expected when homes are made more resilient
Annual residential building costs from extreme weather events addressed by the National Construction Code (bushfires, cyclones and...
Nov 7, 20233 min read
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Risk-managing Nat Cat
By Michael F. Rellosa IN earlier columns, we talked about how risks are managed, and given the continuing hard reinsurance market,...
Sep 11, 20233 min read
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Reinsurers withdrawing from providing Nat CAT cover
Global reinsurers are cutting back on the covers they provide against medium-sized natural catastrophe risks due to investor pressure...
Sep 1, 20232 min read
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Insurers challenged by slowing economies and volatile markets
Slowing economies could weigh on Asia Pacific insurers' growth, says S&P Global Ratings in a new report. However, rising risk awareness...
Aug 4, 20231 min read
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New roadmap for insurers to tackle the decline in nature
Insurers and long-term savings providers should become 'nature positive' in helping tackle the decline in the nature according to...
Jul 17, 20238 min read
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GAIF launches bid to pool Arab underwriting capacity for natural disaster risks
The General Arab Insurance Federation (GAIF) has launched an initiative to pool the Nat CAT underwriting capacities of insurers at the...
Jul 3, 20232 min read
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