29 June 2017Insurance

World Bank launches first pandemic bond with insurance sector support

The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) has launched bonds that will support the Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF), which will channel first-response surge funding to developing countries facing the risk of a pandemic.

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