America: Presidents, pardons and politics

The American political system is rather interesting, often amusing. Congressmen are elected for two years, senators for six years and Presidents and Vice Presidents for four years in a first term and another four years in a second term. The Supreme Court has nine justices, all of whom are appointed...

Why Swiss Development Cooperation is powering innovations in insurance

The Bangladesh Microinsurance Market Development Programme (BMMDP), funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), recently went live with two challenge funds. The funds will power efforts to diversify the microinsurance market and enhance reinsurer capacity.The BMMDP goes back to 2017, when the implementing agency, Swisscontact, began market-testing...