Biodiversity loss will be an increasingly important source of risk and opportunity for the insurance sector. The significant degradation of ecosystems has the potential to materially impact global finance...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which began as a health crisis in early 2020, has rapidly evolved to become an unprecedented economic crisis affecting global, national, and regional economies and...
Insurance can play a significant role in helping countries achieve the UN SDGs in terms of economic growth, social inclusion, and environmental protection. This can be achieved through the risk transfer...
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic has taken the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, disrupted economies, and affected supply chains and business sectors across the world. Insurers have experienced...
Insurance technology, better known as Insurtech, is a rapidly growing industry that is beginning to disrupt traditional insurance provision in advanced and emerging economies alike, and is creating opportunities...
The mission of the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) is to end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity. The journey out of poverty is never easy, but when personal or natural...
In the developing world, far too many people lack access to basic financial services,including insurance. This makes it even harder to escape from poverty, as unanticipated events can have a major impact...