3 August 2016Insurance

Swiss Re devises breakthrough anti-poverty weather index first in China

Swiss Re is aiming to protect Chinese farmers against the financial risks from natural catastrophes by entering into a reinsurance protection scheme with the government of Heilongjiang province and the Sunlight Agriculture Mutual Insurance Company of China.

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