A new global programme 'NATURE-INSURE' to strengthen supervisory responses to biodiversity risk has been launched by UNDP's Sustainable Insurance Forum (SIF), the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and global consultancy firm KPMG.
Lloyd's (re)insurer MS Amlin has appointed Ms Gisela Nilsson as political violence senior underwriter. She brings more than 15 years of experience across terrorism and political violence underwriting.
HDI Global has appointed Dr Christian Wegener as head of investment management.
Acenda and Resolution Life Australasia have appointed Mr Chris de Bruin as future group CEO, subject to the completion of the transaction between Nippon Life and Resolution Life. The transaction is expected to occur in 2H2025 and is also subject to regulatory approvals
Everest Group has appointed Mr Allan Levine as an independent, non-executive director to its Board of Directors.
Investors are encouraged to evaluate their portfolio exposure to deforestation and linked human rights abuses, phase out deforestation and forest conversion risks by 2030, actively engage with companies, asset managers, and policymakers, and disclose their actions, risks, and progress using measurable data.
With the pending acquisition of Resolution Life by Nippon Life, and its eventual merger with Acenda, several independent non-executive directors have been appointed to the board of the Acenda Group, according to news platform Financial Newswire. Namely, they are Ms Catherine Dubé, Mr David Stephen, Ms Melissa Babbage and Ms Rosheen Garnon.
Mr Reynaldo A Regalado, Insurance Commissioner of the Philippines, has been elected as the chairman of Asian Reinsurance Corporation (Asian Re).