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How the P&C industry can step up after the UN’s latest climate change warning
March 20, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatinoThe world keeps inching toward a dangerous climate threshold, but if swift action on greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions are taken in all sectors, including insurance, it’s possible to avert catastrophic warming, a new report said. There may be more…
IBC congratulates City of Toronto on the creation of a chief resilience officer position
July 5, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is congratulating the City of Toronto “for its ongoing commitment to emergency preparedness” with the recent establishment of a chief resilience officer for the city. Last month, Tory announced that the position will be…
Paris climate agreement to take effect Nov. 4
October 6, 2016 Michael Astor - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe landmark Paris agreement on climate change will enter into force on Nov. 4, after a coalition of the world’s largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas pushed it past a key threshold on Wednesday. President Barack…
Connected cars and other digital solutions can drive progress toward UN’s sustainable development goals by 2030: report
June 14, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterConnected cars could save 720,000 lives from road accidents annually and prevent up to 30 million traffic injuries, according to a new analysis prepared for the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) by Accenture, a global professional services company. The information and…
UN, World Bank Group and insurance industry join forces for formation of Insurance Development Forum
April 18, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterLeaders of the United Nations, the World Bank Group and the global insurance industry on Monday announced the formation of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), which occurred at a high level meeting in Washington, DC, last week. The IDF has…