DRFF in the News
In April 2026, the Good Practice Guide for Municipalities to Approach Disaster Insurance was launched jointly by the South Africa National Treasury and the World Bank Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP). The launch event brought 110 from the metro areas, secondary cities and various industry bodies, as well as the partners involved in the guide such as the National Treasury, World Bank, Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA), Cenfri, South African...
From June 9-12, the "Disaster Risk Insurance Academy Impact Program 2026" brought together close to 40 reform champions – senior government officials, central bank representatives, regulators, and local insurance industry leaders – from 17 countries for a conversation that is at the heart of disaster risk finance: narrowing the insurance protection gap. The four-day Learning Week was co-organized by the World Bank Group and the Insurance Development Forum, with support from the Global Shield...
On 3 June, the Global Shield Secretariat, the Global Shield Financing Facility (GSFF), and the World Food Programme (WFP) co-hosted a webinar marking the launch of a joint World Bank–WFP policy note on disaster risk finance for adaptive social protection (DRF4ASP). The session brought together climate finance professionals, policymakers, and practitioners from across the world, and featured country case studies from Malawi and Bangladesh. The full recording of the session is available here. Why...