African Risk Capacity

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a parametric sovereign disaster risk insurer for African nations, has paid the government of Madagascar $2.3 million after its parametric drought insurance policy was triggered in the last growing season.

The German government is helping African countries to continue benefiting from parametric drought insurance protection under the African Risk Capacity (ARC), with around EUR 19 million being donated to help fund their participation during a time when fiscal budgets may be stretched by the pandemic.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), a parametric sovereign disaster risk insurer for African nations, is planning to add coronavirus protection to its planned outbreaks and epidemics parametric insurance product, which it aims to have available from 2021.

A new CEO has been appointed to lead the insurance mutual and financial affiliate of the African Risk Capacity (ARC), the African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Ltd (ARC Ltd), with Lesley Ndlovu joining the firm from his most recent position with a division of AXA.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) continues to work towards the implementation of its climate catastrophe bond backed Extreme Climate Facility (XCF), focusing on the development of a robust multi-hazard index that can be used to trigger the instruments.

The government of Zimbabwe has approved the purchase of a parametric drought insurance policy from the African Risk Capacity (ARC) and will also benefit from a replica cover purchased by the World Food Programme (WFP).

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) has now made a payout of $745,000 to the Government of Côte d’Ivoire after a deficit of rainfall during the growing season triggered the countries parametric insurance policy.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) has now paid out over $23 million after drought triggered Senegal’s parametric insurance policy with the facility.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC) is continuing to make progress towards the launch of its Extreme Climate Facility (XCF), a proposed multi-year funding mechanism that will issue climate change catastrophe bonds to help African nations transfer climate change related exposure to the capital markets.

The African Risk Capacity (ARC), which provides parametric disaster insurance products for countries in Africa, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat to further enhance its members disaster resilience and risk financing.