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Biggest insurers failing to get to grips with adaptation, says ShareAction
06 July 2026While most large insurers provide insurance solutions that support climate change mitigation, many are failing to actively support adaptation, according to non-profit ShareAction.
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Adaptation investment being blocked, report finds
02 July 2026Adaptation and resilience financing is "rich in instruments but fragmented in use", a report has found, as a financing gap has emerged "so large that public funding alone cannot close" it.
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'Won't know if we got the numbers right' on nature insurance, says AXA
29 June 2026Insurers won't know for some years if they are pricing nature correctly, AXA recently told an event, amid debate about the role of parametric insurance.
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If insurance fails from climate risk, then the rest of finance will follow, says Aviva
26 June 2026Climate risk is an existential threat not just to the insurance industry but to the broader financial services industry, an Aviva board member has warned, given its role in absorbing risk, but that needs to change.
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Lack of data hindering parametric insurance coverage
01 June 2026Despite growing demand for physical risk parametric insurance, Global Parametrics has told Environmental Finance that a lack of reliable data is hindering insurers.
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Extreme heat 'emerging as a structural economic risk', warns Allianz
29 May 2026Extreme heat has the potential to hit up to 7% of GDP in major European economies by 2030, and is likely to "compress" expected returns on capital and the value of investments, according to modelling by Allianz.
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Big Nature Impact Fund raises £65m after narrowing focus
28 May 2026Finance Earth's fund has finally reached a first close, with a refreshed remit and institutional investor backing. Genevieve Redgrave reports
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Typhoon triggers instant insurance payouts for Vietnamese coffee farmers
21 May 2026A parametric insurance policy for Vietnamese coffee farmers backed by insurance brokerage Willis and risk transfer specialist Global Parametrics has been triggered for the first time after a typhoon hit farmer yields.
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'Big appetite' for financing transition and climate risks, says Aon
14 May 2026While physical climate risk keeps many company chiefs up at night, there is a growing appetite among insurers to finance such risks, according to broker Aon.
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'Insurance will play key role in transition after Iran'
11 May 2026The breakdown of the traditional models governing fossil fuel energy markets will create opportunities for renewables, as the transition accelerates following the Iran conflict, according to one market player.