Tag: public-private partnerships


  • Australia Faces Soaring Extreme Weather Losses: Why Insurance and Resilience Must Evolve

    Australia Faces Soaring Extreme Weather Losses: Why Insurance and Resilience Must Evolve

    Australia’s rising climate bill: a global pattern with local consequences New data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) show that Australia sits near the top of the world for per‑capita losses from extreme weather. Over the past five decades, inflation‑adjusted costs from floods, bushfires, storms and extreme cold have climbed dramatically, positioning Australia behind…

  • Australia’s Weather Toll Rises: Rethinking Insurance for a Warming Future

    Australia’s Weather Toll Rises: Rethinking Insurance for a Warming Future

    Australia faces some of the world’s highest climate losses New data from the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) shows that every decade since 1980 has brought higher inflation-adjusted losses from floods, bushfires, storms and extreme cold. When compared with five other developed nations over the last five decades, Australia ranks near the top for per…

  • Sweden’s Trafikverket plan aims to finish railway repairs in 25 years

    Sweden’s Trafikverket plan aims to finish railway repairs in 25 years

    Overview: a historic funding package for Sweden’s infrastructure Sweden’s national infrastructure agency, Trafikverket, is presenting details of a new 12‑year plan that its leaders say will reshape the country’s transport network. The plan totals 1,171 billion kronor, described by Infrastructure Minister Andreas Carlson (KD) as historically large and about 27% higher than the previous plan.…

  • Risks Faced by LGS in SAAQclic Contract Revealed

    Risks Faced by LGS in SAAQclic Contract Revealed

    Introduction to the SAAQclic Contract The contract for the digital transformation of the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ), particularly the SAAQclic platform, has come under scrutiny due to the substantial risks faced by its contractor, LGS. According to Michel Dumas, a former vice-president of LGS, the firm was in a precarious position throughout…