Companies across the world have turned to their risk functions to navigate the challenges and stresses caused by the COVID- 19 pandemic, a survey by KPMG has uncovered.
The growth rate of Vietnam's general insurance market is forecast to plummet by three-quarters this year as a result of the economic slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Investors with over $9trn (£6.8trn) in assets under management have called on Europe's largest companies to reflect the implications of delivering the Paris Agreement in their financial statements.
A new solution has been launched today to help institutional investors align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement's aim of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
The number of organisations that have expressed support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has increased by 85% over the last year.
A new scientific study has linked 15% of worldwide COVID-19 deaths with long-term exposure to air pollution, with the figure rising to as high as 27% in East Asia.
Property and casualty (P&C) insurers would have to collect business interruption premiums for 150 years to make up for the projected global output losses related to COVID-19 in 2020.
Assets under management (AUM) at the world’s 500 largest asset managers exceeded $100trn (£76.8trn) for the first time last year – totalling $104.4trn.
Less than half of asset managers around the world consider gender diversity when researching potential investments, despite recognising its importance within their own firms.
The Netherlands has topped a global ranking of pension systems covering almost two-thirds of the world’s population, with the UK languishing in fifteenth place.
