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  • Insurers challenged to put a dollar value on climate risk (ESG Data conference)

    15 October 2025

    Putting a dollar value on a climate risk could help investors and policyholders make more informed decisions, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.

  • Improved climate risk data 'to help tackle uninsurability'

    06 October 2025

    Improvements in climate risk data could help to tackle the 'uninsurability' problem that has seen insurers walk away from some areas that are seen as too risky, one specialist argued.

  • What will 2020 bring for coal insurance?

    15 January 2020

    The year ahead could see new insurers join the industry's shift away from coal, says Peter Bosshard.

  • Lloyd's syndicates go green in latest annual reports

    08 April 2019

    Several syndicates in the Lloyd's of London insurance market have used their latest annual reports to highlight the dangers of climate change and how they incorporate it into their risk management practices.

  • Insured losses from Hurricane Maria could reach $85 billion, says AIR

    26 September 2017

    Insured losses inflicted by Hurricane Maria will be between $40 billion and $85 billion, according to catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide.

  • Insurers count the cost of Harvey and Irma

    13 September 2017

    Insurers and their shareholders are breathing a sigh of relief after Hurricane Irma's change of course over Florida resulted in less damage than had been feared.

  • Insurers demand action on climate change

    01 October 2015

    The leaders of 15 insurance firms have written to the governor of the Bank of England demanding "urgent action" on climate change.