The European Council (EC) has adopted a 'negotiating mandate' on the proposed directive to empower consumers for the green transition, which aims at enhancing consumers´ rights by amending the unfair commercial practices directive (UCPD) and the consumer rights directive (CRD).
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has released a new report outlining how index providers can enhance net-zero benchmarks.
Even as ransomware attacks doubled in frequency in the last quarter of 2022 and into the first quarter of 2023, majority of organisations hit by the attacks recovered data and systems without paying a ransom according to the first edition of cyber risk firm Resilience annual report.
China's insurance sector maintained steady operation and adequate solvency in the first quarter of the year, the country's financial regulator has said.
The Indonesian regulator's proposal to raise minimum paid-up capital requirements for insurers may initiate a capital inflow into the sector, strengthening insurers' capital profiles and supporting the industry's development, Fitch Ratings says.
The General Committee for Insurance Companies has launched its "Stay Aware" campaign to raise public awareness about purchasing motor insurance policies from unlicensed parties.
Algeria will pass a new law this year, with implementing texts, relating to the management of disaster risks, according to Prime Minister Aïmene Benabderrahmane.
New York City is sinking about one to two millimetres per year on average under the weight of its own skyscrapers that are estimated to weigh a cumulative 1.68tn pound according to a new study by University of Rhode Island and the US Geological Survey.
World's freshwater sources have been losing approximately 22 gigatonnes of freshwater annually for more than 30 years now according to a new study.
The attorneys general (AGs) of 23 US states have sent a letter to members of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), requesting documents and information relating to legal concerns brought about by their commitments to collaborate with other insurers in order to advance an activist climate agenda.