Global insurance trends

Lagos State Govt Agrees Parametric Flood Cover Deal

A new multi-agency approach means there is now parametric cover in place for the flood-prone Lagos area, which usually has a serious flood every year. The Lagos State government has contracted a parametric flood-risk insurance […]

Insurance claims

Parametric Solution For Hurricane Events Presented at IDF

The latest from Skyline Partners for you; Skyline Partners’ parametric insurance solution for the Jamaican Cooperative Credit Union League (JCCUL), underwritten by Munich Re, was presented last week at the joint Insurance Development Forum (IDF) […]

InsureTech

IDF Launches New Site Hosting Open Access Risk Modelling Tools

The latest open access risk tools are now online, here’s the word; The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) Risk Modelling Steering Group (RMSG)  has launched a new IDF web page housing a powerful suite of free, open-access […]

News

New Integrated Disaster Alliance Attracts Insurer Support

The word from the IDF Summit, where an integrated approach to major Cat events was agreed. Here are the details; The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) and the French Development Agency Group (Agence Française de Développement […]

Global insurance trends

IDF Looks Back on a Year of International Progress

International co-operation on insurance can only be a good thing. Streamlining things like back office admin, legal exclusions, T&Cs or typical Life, Home and Car cover, can mean policy coverage is easier to understand in […]

Insurance Regulation

IDF Launches Three Key Initiatives

The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) recently announced a trio of key efforts launched during the IDF Summit 2022, which was convened at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue in Rüschlikon, Zurich, Switzerland on 13th and […]

Global insurance trends

Parametric Cover Can Underpin Global Food Production

The Government of Mexico, through the Ministry of Finance & Public Credit, the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the German Government, today announced the launch of a Tripartite project in Mexico to […]

Global insurance trends

IDF Report Looks at Global Insurance Solutions

The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a public/private partnership led by the insurance industry and with the United Nations, World Bank and other international organisations from the public sector as members, has reflected on a landmark […]