Press releases

All the latest news announcements from the IDF.

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26 March 2026

Lagos State Goes Live with Parametric Flood Insurance Policy, Protecting up to 4 Million People

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23 February 2026

Ecuador contracts first parametric insurance for climate-vulnerable farmers, with Germany, UNDP, ISF and IDF support

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19 February 2026

Insurance Development Forum publishes 10-Year Anniversary 2025 Annual Review: A Decade of Action and a Call to Scale

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4 February 2026

Insurance Development Forum appoints UNDP’s Alexander De Croo and World Bank Group’s Tsutomu Yamamoto as Public Sector Co-Chairs of its Steering Committee

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13 November 2025

Insurance Development Forum Paper Calls For Comprehensive, Coordinated, Multi-Party Action by Public and Private Sector Actors to Increase Insurability to Close Protection Gaps

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16 October 2025

Insurance Development Forum announces first close of Infrastructure Resilience Development Fund for resilient infrastructure projects in emerging and developing economies

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17 July 2025

IDF Insurance Team Delivers Tripartite Programme Parametric Flood Insurance Solution for Lagos State Government

IDF – Bridgetown Initiative Partnership Launches Proposals to Activate Insurance

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27 June 2025

IDF – Bridgetown Initiative Partnership Launches Proposals to Activate Insurance as a Catalyst for Resilience, Development and Sustainable Growth

Combining Expertise and Financing Solutions from Public Development Banks and Insurers to respond to Climate Risk

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16 June 2025

Combining Expertise and Financing Solutions from Public Development Banks and Insurers to respond to Climate Risk

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12 June 2025

Let’s Build Future-Ready Nations: IDF Shares 2030 Strategy and Brand Refresh at 10-Year Anniversary Summit

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5 June 2025

Insurance Development Forum and Bridgetown Initiative Announce Strategic Partnership to Drive Deeper Integration of Insurance into Climate, Development and Resilience Finance Frameworks

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28 April 2025

Insurance Development Forum Launches Suite of Free, Open Access Risk Modelling Tools for Climate and Disaster Risk Analysis

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