Axis president and CEO Vince Tizzio received the Tri-County Hall of Fame Award for his leadership and dedication to community service from the Tri-County Scholarship Fund (TCSF), a New Jersey organisation that provides scholarships for K-12 students in financial need.
Education
Nine (re)insurance organisations have collaborated with Better Insurance Network to launch a training platform to help participants across the global industry gain a practical understanding of insurance sustainability.
Axa has renewed the mandate of its scientific philanthropy initiative for the private sector Axa Research Fund for a further five years, with Debra Roberts appointed president of the scientific board.
Ryan Specialty has appointed Carlos Herrera as vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) to support the wholesale broker’s internal efforts to promote DEI.
Axa has extended the offering at its Climate School e-learning arm with the launch of a new digital training course to help risk managers better prepare for climate risks to their organisations.
The US private flood insurance market presents a $35bn opportunity to the (re)insurance industry, but improving the education of homeowners, realtors, banks and agents on the peril as well as increasing the availability of coverage is required to take advantage, Swiss Re’s Mohit Pande has told The Insurer.
One of the key questions facing carriers as they place greater focus on their ESG responsibilities is how they can play a broader role in helping drive the sustainable transformation of the economy.
Initiatives such as the Global Risk Modelling Alliance can help build trust and confidence in risk transfer tools in countries where insurance is not traditionally used as a disaster risk management tool, according to Insurance Development Forum (IDF) risk modelling steering group programme manager Nick Moody.
One of the relentless challenges facing the insurance industry is its perception among the wider population.
Zurich North America and Z Zurich Foundation have teamed up with the Resilient Cities Network to create a multi-year program aimed at strengthening climate resilience and addressing social inequities in vulnerable communities in Houston and Boston.
Aon has called for a series of steps to be taken to better prepare for hurricane, wildfire and flood risks amid a rising recognition of the impact climate change is having on these perils.
Demand for executive education in areas such as sustainable finance has skyrocketed, according to the senior programme manager at ClimateWise, with an increasing number of boards acknowledging the need to change their business models.
Marsh has partnered with data analytics platform Risilience to help clients understand their climate change risks and meet their obligations in accordance with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
