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June 7, 2022
The CEO of the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC), Mr. Aholotu Palu, was recently invited to present to Tongan government stakeholders at a ‘hazard data’ workshop organised by The Pacific Community (SPC). The workshop offered insight into capacity building, disaster risk financing and updating the hazard and exposure database.
June 7, 2022
The CEO of the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC), Mr. Aholotu Palu, was recently invited to present to Tongan government stakeholders at a ‘hazard data’ workshop organised by The Pacific Community (SPC). The workshop offered insight into capacity building, disaster risk financing and updating the hazard and exposure database.
June 6, 2022
Recently, the CEO of the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC), Mr. Aholotu Palu, was virtually attending the 7th session of the Global Platform (GP2022) on Disaster Risk Reduction when he was approached by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) to participate in a live side event… running at the same time.
May 24, 2022
With the travel restrictions imposed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic being progressively withdrawn, the opportunity to trade Zoom calls for in-person meetings was taken by PCRIC’s Finance and Investment consultants, who were in Fiji last week from Auckland for a series of meetings with PCRIC CEO Mr. Aholotu Palu in Suva.
May 16, 2022
For Pacific nations, climate change is not a hypothetical future event — it's already happening, with relocations and legal measures to protect sovereignty already underway.
May 16, 2022
With scheduled arrangements concluded, whilst preparing for his departure to Fiji Mr. Palu was unexpectedly invited to an audience with Her Majesty Queen Nanasipauʻu. This provided a welcome opportunity to explain the regional role of PCRIC in the disaster risk management sphere, and hear from Her Majesty of a proposal to establish some form of charitable entity aimed at helping those Tongan people whose generational homes and communities were decimated by the January tsunami.
May 16, 2022
Last week, the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) CEO Mr. Aholotu Palu met with the Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni. The two discussed the country’s current disaster risk policy along with future opportunities for Tonga to pool their risks with other forum countries.
May 16, 2022
With scheduled arrangements concluded, whilst preparing for his departure to Fiji Mr. Palu was unexpectedly invited to an audience with Her Majesty Queen Nanasipauʻu. This provided a welcome opportunity to explain the regional role of PCRIC in the disaster risk management sphere, and hear from Her Majesty of a proposal to establish some form of charitable entity aimed at helping those Tongan people whose generational homes and communities were decimated by the January tsunami.
May 9, 2022
Last week, the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) CEO Mr. Aholotu Palu met with the Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon. Siaosi Sovaleni. The two discussed the country’s current disaster risk policy along with future opportunities for Tonga to pool their risks with other forum countries.