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Discovery releases The Rockefeller Foundation-Lancet Commission report on Planetary Health

16 July 2015 | Discovery

Evidence indicates that human activities are jeopardising Earth’s natural systems and the health of future generations.

Number of food recalls and their costs to business and society are rising, finds new Swiss Re publication

15 July 2015 | Swiss Re

• Publication finds that the number of recalls per year in the US has almost doubled since 2002 • Food contamination costs US health authorities USD 15.6 billion per year; nearly 9 million Americans became sick from contaminated food in 2013 alone • Half of all food recalls cost the affected companies more than USD 10 million – highlighting the value of risk transfer through insurance • A globalised food supply chain is making risk management for food recalls more difficult

Seamless risk protection for mega-projects: Tanzania

13 July 2015 | Santam

Infrastructure development is booming across Africa, due in no small part to significant economic growth and foreign direct investment. In line with this, and as part of Santam’s strategic expansion into Africa in partnership with Sanlam Emerging Markets, Santam Specialist Business has launched a Seamless insurance solution which offers comprehensive risk protection for mega-projects across Africa. In this series of articles, we speak to Karl Bishop, head: Niche Business at Santam, and explore the opportunities in individual African countries for infrastructure development and the specialist insurance business. This month, the spotlight falls on Tanzania.

GCR affirms Coface South Africa Rating of AA+(ZA); Outlook stable

13 July 2015 | General

Global Credit Ratings (GCR) has affirmed the national scale rating assigned to Coface South Africa (Coface ZA) of AA+(ZA); with the outlook accorded as Stable.

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