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The frequency and severity of weather catastrophes are on the rise. From devastating hurricanes to prolonged droughts, I see these events exposing a glaring global coverage gap in insurance. Aon ...

MINDANAO, Philippines — Joemar Flores, a spindly 28-year-old, gestured across his family’s farmland, nestled between a steep hill and a river, and expressed gratitude for the rice paddies in the ...

Ecuador has contracted its first parametric agricultural insurance policies, benefitting up to 10,000 people in smallholder rice and maize farming ...

This is a great example of how parametric technology can elevate travel insurance from a back-end claims product to a ...

Arbol and Pollen Systems have partnered to bring to market a "first-of-its-kind" product that combines parametric insurance with multiple real-time data ...

Global climate risk solutions platform Arbol and Pollen Systems have teamed up to bring to market a first-of-its-kind product ...

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - UK-based insurance broker Howden said on Tuesday it had created a new unit to focus on climate- and nature-related risk and support efforts to transition to a low-carbon ...

Accessing parametric insurance policies is crucial to cover the insurance gap for a myriad of events that include man-made or natural catastrophes. Parametric insurance is an innovative alternative, ...

The new benefits will provide automatic assistance or payouts to the company’s African customers, in the event that their ...

There is an urgent need to design and scale smarter parametric insurance products to close the protection gap and build stronger resilience amid rising severity and frequency of climate risks.Smarter ...

As capacity booms from Sydney to Auckland, data centres are pushing property, BI and supply-chain cover to the edge and ...