Insurance Development Forum

What does it take to build a future more resilient to natural disasters? It starts with partnership. The Insurance Development Forum brings together over 120 member and partner organisations from across the insurance industry, governments, development finance institutions, multilateral organisations, academia and civil society - working together to help close protection gaps and strengthen resilience where it matters most. And we're continuing to grow. Every new member brings fresh expertise, stronger collaboration and greater capacity to help countries better understand, reduce and finance climate and disaster risk. Together, our #IDF_ChangeAgents are helping build #FutureReadyNations. Find out more about getting involved: https://lnkd.in/eBBE9Uaq #Insurance #Resilience #Development

#IDF_Summit_Review:  Interview with Evah Kimani, Chief Executive Officer and Principal Officer at Britam Connect - Turning complex risks into practical solutions takes bold thinking - and bold collaboration. That's the message from Evah, reflecting on the importance of collaboration through IDRIMA - the partnership between Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF). By bringing together governments, development finance institutions and the insurance industry, IDRIMA is helping develop innovative solutions to strengthen the resilience of energy systems and protect communities from the impacts of drought. As Evah explains: "Success to us is in two ways. Number one is to ensure that this project we are working on ends up materialising and delivering a solution that cushions the regulators, the [state-owned] power generating companies, and the Kenyan public from shocks from drought. But also, success is to see many more of these collaborations - all of us in the private and the public sector working together to create many more solutions of this nature, because solutions like this are expensive to build. They have not been delivered before, and if we can work together positively, then we can bring innovation that increases financial inclusion and, more importantly, insurance penetration and awareness." 🎥 Watch the full interview to learn how the IDRIMA partnership is bringing together public and private sector expertise to develop innovative disaster risk finance solutions. #IDFSummit2026 #IDF_WB_LearningWeek #IDFChangeAgents #FutureReadyNations #Insurance #Resilience #Development #DisasterRiskFinancing

#IDF_Summit_Review: How can public institutions unlock insurance expertise to strengthen resilience before disasters strike? For Ing. Luis Ricardo Ureña Ureña M.Eng, PMP, SMC, Insurance and Asset Risk Coordinator at the Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (Grupo ICE), the answer lies in partnership. Through IDRIMA - the partnership between Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) - ICE is working with insurance experts to explore innovative risk transfer solutions that strengthen the resilience of Costa Rica's energy system. In this interview, Ricardo shares why participating in the IDF-World Bank Learning Week and the IDF Summit 2026 was so valuable: "They provide a unique platform to connect public sector needs with private sector insurance capabilities... It's an opportunity to accelerate disaster risk finance strategies, learn from global expertise and showcase approaches that could be replicated in other countries." 🎥 Watch the full interview to learn how collaboration, innovation and knowledge exchange are helping turn resilience into action. The #IDF_Summit_Review series will showcase interviews with IDF Summit participants from across sectors sharing their insights. #IDFSummit2026 #IDF_WB_LearningWeek #IDFChangeAgents #FutureReadyNations #Insurance #Resilence #Development #DisasterRiskFinancing

#IDF_Summit2026_Review: How do we scale resilience building to keep pace with growing disaster risk? That was the challenge at the heart of the Insurance Development Forum Summit 2026. #IDF_ChangeAgents - leaders from governments, development and finance institutions, humanitarian organisations, civil society and the insurance industry came together with one shared ambition: to find paths to scale implementation. From designing insurable infrastructure and strengthening domestic insurance markets, to finding new paths to finance humanitarian work, design sovereign risk solutions and resilient energy systems, the message was clear: Today's challenges demand action at scale. Building #FutureReadyNations means designing resilience into development, delivering solutions through partnership, and scaling what works. 🎥 Watch the reel of the IDF Summit 2026 Opening at Lloyd’s of London, where the IDF community gathered to work together to Design. Deliver. Scale. Look out for our coming #IDF_Summit_2026_Review report as well as a series of interviews with Summit participants from across sectors, sharing their insights. #IDFSummit2026 #LearningWeek #IDFChangeAgents #FutureReadyNations #Insurance #Resilence #Development

Short-term industry engagement consulting opportunity: Help connect country priorities with insurance industry expertise. This opportunity arises in the context of the Insurance Development Forum partnership with the Global Shield against Climate Risks, and its aim to bridge the gap between country demand and access to private insurance industry expertise and to robust climate and disaster risk financing solutions. Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (FS), as hosts of the Global Shield Secretariat, are seeking an experienced Industry Engagement Advisor to strengthen collaboration between governments and the insurance industry - supporting public-private partnerships, responsible market development and greater access to climate and disaster risk financing solutions. In this role you will work with the Global Shield and IDF Secretariats, to help translate country demand into market delivery by developing practical guidance, sharing lessons learned from previous public-private partnership programmes and expanding industry engagement across countries working with the Global Shield. Take the opportunity to join the #IDF_ChangeAgents, connecting public sector needs with private sector insurance and risk transfer expertise to help build #FutureReadyNations with us. 🗓️ Application deadline: 24 July 2026, 18:00 CEST Find the full Terms of Reference via the @Frankfurt School of Finance & Management: https://lnkd.in/e8rb2m7n Please share with colleagues and networks who may be a strong fit. #Insurance #Development #Resilience #DisasterRiskFinancing #ParametricInsurance

Short-term risk modelling consulting opportunity: Help strengthen the technical foundations of resilient insurance markets. This opportunity arises in the context of the Insurance Development Forum partnership with the Global Shield against Climate Risks, and its aim to strengthen the enabling environment for sustainable insurance market development and build technical capacity across insurance supervisory authorities. Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (FS), as hosts of the Global Shield Secretariat, are looking for an experienced Technical Content Developer for Risk Modelling Trainings to design a practical, modular training, including index insurance, that strengthens the capacity of insurance supervisory authorities in climate-vulnerable countries. Also to deliver pilot risk modelling training sessions and some ad-hoc sessions as required. Take the chance to help equip decision-makers with the knowledge they need to build stronger, more resilient insurance markets. Join the #IDF_ChangeAgents, working alongside the Global Shield and IDF Secretariats and cross-sector collaboration partners, to help build #FutureReadyNations with us. 🗓️ Application deadline: 24 July 2026, 18:00 CEST Find the full Terms of Reference via the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management: https://lnkd.in/en2j7Td9 Please share this opportunity with colleagues and networks who may be a strong fit. #RiskModelling #Insurance #Development #Resilience #DisasterRiskFinancing #ParametricInsurance

What if the biggest disaster risk isn't the hazard itself, but waiting until after it strikes to finance recovery? At #ICONHIC2026, #IDF_ChangeAgent Ruth Lux joined fellow experts to explore how emergency management, insurance and preparedness can work together to strengthen resilience before disasters happen. One message stood out: uninsured losses don't disappear. They are borne by households, businesses, governments and communities - often those least able to absorb them. As disaster risks intensify, shifting from reactive funding to financial preparedness is essential. The discussion reinforced why disaster risk finance is about much more than responding to crises. It's about helping governments, development partners and wider society understand and manage risk, unlocking faster finance when disasters strike, and using insurance not just as a safety net, but as a catalyst for resilience. At the Insurance Development Forum, this is exactly why we bring together governments, development partners and the insurance industry to help build stronger, more resilient financial systems that protect lives, livelihoods and development gains - and ultimately advance our shared mission of building #FutureReadyNations. Thank you to the organisers of ICONHIC - International Conference on Natural Hazards and Infrastructure 2026, moderator Guillermo Franco, and fellow panellists Daniel Kaniewski and Henry Moazzo for such a timely and insightful discussion. #Resilience #DisasterRiskFinance #Insurance #Preparedness #RiskTransfer #ClimateRisk #PublicPrivatePartnerships #InfrastructureResilience

One year ago, the Insurance Development Forum refreshed its brand - but more importantly, we sharpened our purpose. To help build #FutureReadyNations by harnessing the power of insurance, partnerships and innovation to strengthen resilience where it's needed most. That mission is more relevant than ever. We are working to expand partnerships and country programmes, co-design practical solutions for resilience. Our recent #IDFSummit2026 showed how that purpose is being put into practice, bringing together governments, development partners and the insurance industry to Design. Deliver. Scale. practical solutions for climate resilience and disaster risk finance. Disaster risks are accelerating, and so must our response. The work is far from finished, but together we are helping drive the partnerships and practical solutions needed to build more resilient, Future-Ready Nations. Thank you to the #IDF_ChangeAgents helping turn ambition into action. #DesignDeliverScale #ClimateResilience #Insurance #Development #Resilience

The Global Risk Modelling Alliance (GRMA*) has launched a new Call for Proposals to support climate and disaster risk modelling in Senegal. The Call for Proposals is based on the gaps and needs identified and co-defined jointly with country partners. With it, GRMA seeks to fill key model and data gaps, and to enhance (sub-)sovereign climate and disaster risk assessment capabilities. Strengthening climate and disaster risk understanding is critical to building resilience for #FutureReadyNations. This is why the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) is pleased to amplify these efforts. The GRMA is open to applications from research institutions, academia, (re)insurance brokers and carriers, and commercial model vendors. Both individual organisations and consortia are welcome – particularly those partnering with local organisations to ensure lasting impact. 👉 Learn more and access application materials via the ISF website: https://lnkd.in/gCwHszC3 📅 Deadline for Proposals: 28 August 2026 📅 Pre-Proposal Conference: 9 July 2026 For further information, please contact: grma@insuresilience-solutions-fund.org Together with our partners, including the Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers (CVF-V20), BMZ, and KfW, we remain committed to advancing climate resilience where it is needed most to help build future-ready nations. * The GRMA is a public-good service platform dedicated to delivering access and capability in climate and disaster risk insight to build resilience where it is needed the most. It was co-founded by the IDF and the V20; it is funded by the German government and operated in partnership by the IDF and the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF), hosted at Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. #ApplyNow #Senegal #RiskAnalytics #GRMA #ClimateChange #ClimateResilience #Insurance

Dominican Republic has placed an Insurance Development Forum-designed parametric insurance for vulnerable households in the market In a first for Latin America, the Dominican Republic’s national social protection programme “Supérate”, has contracted an IDF-designed parametric insurance solution, conceived to operate as an extension of the programme. The announcement was made today by the Tripartite Agreement Programme partners: the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) at the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC). It will initially cover 3,030 climate-vulnerable households enrolled in the Supérate conditional cash transfers programme against extreme rainfall and wind risk in Santo Domingo Norte and Puerto Plata. The insurance solution was designed by an IDF consortium, which includes Guy Carpenter Mexico, AXA Climate, Blue Marble and CelsiusPro, working alongside local insurer Seguros Reservas and the Social Protection Directorate Supérate (DDSS). The work was part of the Tripartite Agreement Programme, so it was supported in-country by the UNDP. Product design was co-funded by the IDF consortium and BMZ through the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF). This step demonstrates the power of public-private collaboration to strengthen financial resilience and close protection gaps. By combining innovative risk financing with existing social protection infrastructure, the pilot offers a practical model for helping vulnerable communities access support more quickly when climate shocks occur. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/e2kYZ26c #ClimateRisk #FinancialResilience #InsuranceForDevelopment #ProtectionGap #ParametricInsurance #ClimateAdaptation #DisasterRiskFinance #PublicPrivatePartnership #IDF Annette Dr. Detken Ivo Menzinger Birgit Pickel Ivana Zivkovicć