'Major leap forward': AXA-backed climate insurance to protect up to 300,000 farmers

Stuart Stone
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Launch of pioneering product in the DRC promises to provide up to 15 and 20 per cent of a farmer's average annual income in the event of climatic shocks

AXA Climate has announced the launch of the first climate insurance product designed to protect farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from drought, excessive rainfall, and other climatic shocks....

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