The Insurance Development Forum (IDF) has announced plans to facilitate insurance sector investments in resilient infrastructure that will enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities in emerging and developing economies to risks from climate change and other natural disasters.
Throughout the past 12 months, the IDF Infrastructure Task Force has developed a blueprint designed to drive greater mobilization and more impactful insurance sector investment in a critical, underserved segment of the infrastructure market.
This blueprint seeks to create a pipeline of infrastructure projects that match insurance sector investment requirements. It is specifically aimed at mobilizing insurance-industry investments into the development of smaller to mid-size commercial infrastructure projects in developing and emerging markets. This includes investing in a diversified portfolio of greenfield and brownfield commercial infrastructure projects in sectors such as renewable energy,