Tag: QBE

Eight businesses back UK-first rewilding consortium in 50-year nature commitment

Stuart Mitchell

UK insurers paid out a record £585 million in home weather-damage claims in 2024¹, 28% more than the previous year and nearly double the annual average of five years ago. Against this backdrop, QBE and seven businesses from its claims supply chain are partnering with carbon credit specialist Nature Broking to take meaningful action on nature and climate by joining forces through an innovative collective called the QBE Buyers Club. Chosen from insurer QBE’s supply chain, the collective promises a 50-year commitment to fund rewilding and carbon credit generation at…

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SA school children call on parents to pledge to be safer drivers

Stuart Mitchell

South Australia’s 300,000 children  have been put in the ‘driver’s seat’ to steer their parents towards safer driving, as part of a brand new road safety initiative starting today. South Australia suffers more road accidents per capita than any other state, with 100 fatalities recorded last year, a 16 per cent rise on the previous year. School-children are being encouraged to call on their parents to change their driving behaviour in key areas including: Speed Aggressive driving Mobile phone use To reinforce this change, a safe-driving pledge is now available…

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