Continuing its focus on risk management and safety practice in the fleet motor industry, QBE European Operations, the specialist business insurer, has partnered with the Government-backed ‘Driving for Better Business’ campaign, which is delivered by RoadSafe. The campaign is intended to raise awareness of the importance of work-related road safety in the business community and public sector. The aim is for businesses to demonstrate to their peers the significant benefits that can be derived from safer employee driving. QBE will be promoting...  Lire la suite

Aviva Investors, the global asset management business of Aviva plc, has called on stock exchanges around the globe to more actively promote corporate responsibility and transparency among the companies that are listed on exchanges. Speaking today at a major UN Conference* in New York – supported by UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, and entitled “Sustainable Stock Exchanges” – Aviva Investors London CEO Paul Abberley, said that they hoped to galvanise concrete commitments from international stock exchanges and their listing authorities...  Lire la suite

Swiss Re, Oxfam America, The Rockefeller Foundation and The International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University (IRI) announced a joint Commitment to Action at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) 2009 meeting in New York on 22 – 25 September. Aimed at helping communities most vulnerable to climate variability and change, the collaboration will expand on their joint 2008 commitment focused on using risk reduction and risk transfer skills to improve financial and food security for farmers within the drought-prone village...  Lire la suite

‘The community, including the general insurance industry, must urgently act on the issue of climate change’. Many brokers believe they have a major role advising customers on climate change risks – but are not confident they are knowledgeable enough to. These are some of the findings of the first ever national survey of brokers on climate change. The survey – to be an annual event – was undertaken by Zurich Financial Services Australia (Zurich) and the National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) to find out how much brokers...  Lire la suite

Aviva is set to unveil a series of experiential roadshows, designed to encourage consumers to improve their financial wellbeing. The roadshows will tour major British shopping destinations over the coming weeks, to enable people to consider their lifestyles and finances in a relaxed setting. Launching at the Trafford Centre on 12 September, the tour will visit 11 destinations,1 over a nine-week period. The roadshows will provide consumers with the opportunity to meet financial experts face-to-face and use interactive tools to diagnose their attitudes...  Lire la suite