Insurance

The (re-)insurance industry has a critical role to play in DRR. With risk at the core of its business, the industry has an opportunity to lead both from an insurance/lability side as well as asset management to change the current single hazard, short-term business approach of the sector and encourage risk-informed business management strategies and practice.

Latest on insurance from the private sector

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In a significant stride towards promoting women's leadership in disaster risk reduction (DRR), the Women International Network on Disaster Risk Reduction Philippines Chapter (WINDRR PH) was officially launched on April 26, 2023.
ARISE Philippines
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The course focused on enabling businesses to learn about the significance of investing in resilience and addressing disaster risks while considering the needs of employees, customers, suppliers, and communities.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Office in Incheon for Northeast Asia and Global Education and Training Institute for Disaster Risk Reduction
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Geneva
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Documents and publications
Newsletter
The quarterly ARISE Newsletter showcases the latest news and achievements of the ARISE networks and provides an outlook on key future events.
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The private sector has an important role to play and we call on all businesses to support the response and recovery efforts, in any way they can. One way is to support some of the coordinated efforts of the United Nations.
UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
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UNDRR Private Sector Alliance for Disaster Resilient Societies (ARISE)
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Documents and publications
Tools
The subnational INFORM models identify areas at a high risk of a humanitarian crisis that is more likely to require international assistance, based on risk concepts published in scientific literature.
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ARISE Japan and ARISE Philippines hosted their third Knowledge Sharing Session (KSS) on 22 July 2022.
ARISE Japan
ARISE Philippines
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Documents and publications
Annual Report
ARISE Annual Report 2020 highlights key events, latest news and achievements of the ARISE Networks in 2020-2021
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The project supports the overall sustainable disaster management efforts by ARISE.PH member institutions; for easy consolidation and reporting of ARISE.PH members' documents, performance, and projects.
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Support resilient private sector through multiple services to evaluate the risk for multiple types of natural hazards.

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