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  • Video: Gabriel Bernardino (Eiopa) @ Insurance Risk & Capital 2019

    17 December 2019

    Gabriel Bernardino, chair of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa), joined Environmental Finance in London on 2 December at the Insurance & Climate Risk stream (part of the Insurance Risk & Capital EMEA conference).

  • Climate risk could be added to capital requirements in near future, warns Eiopa head

    06 December 2019

    Forward-looking assessments of climate risk could be factored into capital requirements for insurers, the chair of European regulator has said - but only after modelling improves.

  • Sustainability: to regulate or not to regulate?

    05 December 2019

    Financial regulation has a role to play in tackling climate change, but it cannot be a silver bullet. So the time has come for policymakers to step up their game, delegates at the Insurance and Climate Risk conference heard. Vincent Huck reports

  • Green bond comment December: It's time for a CA100+ for sovereigns

    04 December 2019

    Bond investors need to start collectively engaging with national governments if the Paris targets are to be met, argues Peter Cripps

  • Eiopa sets expectations on insurers to take climate action

    01 October 2019

    Opinion on sustainability in Solvency II acknowledges challenges to integrating climate change risk

  • Insurers should analyse climate change scenarios in Solvency II reports, says regulator

    04 June 2019

    The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has launched a consultation into sustainability risk, and is warning of a "pressing need" for insurers to identify and assess the impact of risks related to climate change.

  • Insurers say climate change is now their top risk

    08 April 2019

    Climate change has supplanted cyber risk as the top risk for the world's insurers, according to a recent survey.

  • 13% of European insurance assets exposed to climate risk

    05 April 2019

    Eiopa tells French insurers at Paris conference

  • ESG-compliant pension product gets EU Parliament approval

    04 April 2019

    A proposal for an ESG-compliant Pan-European Personal Pension Product (PEPP) that could unlock €700 billion ($785 billion) in assets by 2030 has won EU Parliamentary approval.

  • The 12 themes set to shape 2019

    04 January 2019

    What are the areas to watch for responsible investing in 2019, asks Peter Cripps