A new report Transforming Ambitions into Actions published by WWF Singapore revealed that Chinese fund houses have shown the least progress and improvement in their efforts in addressing ESG risks.
While layoffs, increasing cost of living, inflationary pressures and many more issues have elevated employee stress levels, very few managers know how to deal appropriately with workers’ mental health concerns.
Global cyber insurance premiums have continued to grow despite tighter terms and conditions and stricter risk selection according to the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). This highlights a growing demand and regulatory response.
Current and short-term concerns about energy transition are deflecting focus away from climate change.
Amidst a super-ageing population, rapidly reducing birth-rate and increasing life expectancy, Japan also has to grapple with increasing numbers of its young people harbouring suicidal thoughts.
Small and medium businesses in Australia may be at risk of gaps in their insurance coverages due to inflation, leading to a potential ‘serious financial crisis’ according to insurance service provider InsurTech BizCover.
Most organisations deploy at least five basic account monitoring and protection controls according to a new cyber resilience report.
The European Central Bank (ECB) and European Union insurance regulator (EIOPA) are working to better close the insurance gap and provide improved coverage from climate change by setting up public-private partnerships and issuing catastrophe bonds.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) at the Hague has begun the process to deliver an advisory opinion on states’ obligations concerning climate change. The UN General Assembly had adopted a resolution in this regard in March 2023.
Most countries in Asia and the Pacific are insufficiently prepared to face extreme weather events and natural disasters according to a new study by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).