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Howden-backed pilot produces biodiversity risk platform for UK

Climate risk 'contagion' from delayed emerging markets transition flagged in UK review

Growing climate-related risks in emerging markets and developing economies raise the prospect of "contagion" threatening global financial stability, according to a 120-page review commissioned by the UK government.

People Moves, 19 December: Howden; Financial Conduct Authority; Vision Ridge ... and more

'First-ever' BNG insurance product launched

Howden subsidiary, DUAL, has launched the 'first-ever' insurance product to protect Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) unit developers, whilst calling for a "paradigm shift" in the insurance industry.

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

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

UK Space Agency awards Howden biodiversity risk monitoring funding

Insurers 'must embrace cat bonds to help agricultural resilience'

European insurers have been urged to adopt financial mechanisms such as catastrophe bonds to help "share" the climate risk facing the agricultural sector.

Insurance's annual renewal model is 'no longer fit for purpose'

The annual renewal model that is commonplace within the insurance industry "is no longer fit for purpose in a world that's in transition", a conference heard.

Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings 2024 announced

Environmental Finance received more than 7,000 votes across 23 separate categories for this year's Voluntary Carbon Market Rankings rankings, as readers nominated leading companies and initiatives in the sector that exhibit best practice or innovation.

Howden finds $10trn of insurance coverage needed for net-zero transition

Over half of the $19 trillion committed to financing the transition to net-zero emissions by 2030 will require additional insurance coverage, according to a report from insurance broker Howden.