Insurance

US withdrawal from Paris Agreement to increase risk to insurers, EIOPA warns

The EU's insurers face increased sustainability-related risk exposure in the next 12 months, linked to the US withdrawals from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (WHO), according to the EU's pensions and insurance regulator.

UK's climate risk management proposals are a fundamental regulatory shift, say experts

Consultation paper represents a "complete rewrite" of existing rules for insurers

Insurers 'investing billions in fossil fuel companies'

Insurers are "complicit in climate collapse", a campaign group has warned, with five of the largest insurers investing upwards of $6.5 billion in fossil fuels.

Low Carbon and Paratus partner for 'world-first' energy price risk policy

Energy price risk (re)insurer Paratus and renewable energy company Low Carbon have partnered for what has been described as a 'world-first' insurance policy to mitigate energy price volatility.

Innovative parametric insurance product helps protect against flooding in Togo

EIOPA says Omnibus means it needs to delay insurers' sustainability risk standards

The EU's insurance supervisor has asked for a delay to its work on standards for insurers' sustainability risk disclosures, arguing that the proposed Omnibus package creates uncertainty that makes its work harder.

BlueOrchard backs extreme weather risk solution provider

First climate insurance payout for coffee farmers

Raise insurers' capital requirements for fossil fuel assets, EU urged

Tweak Solvency II to make it easier to invest outside OECD, says Banque de France

A senior representative of the Banque de France has called for the European capital adequacy regime for insurers to be amended to allow more investment in non-OECD countries.

US Treasury's insurance office withdraws from NGFS, citing Trump order

Eiopa proposes adjusting Solvency II standard formula calibrations for natcat risks

The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has recommended new risk factors for natural catastrophes (natcats) in the Solvency II standard formula capital calibrations.

'Don't wait for next disaster' before tackling climate risk, BaFin tells banks, insurers

The president of Germany's financial supervisor has told banks and insurers they need to collect better data and improve forward-looking analysis, as he warned them not to "wait for the next disaster" before addressing physical climate risks.

US mortgage industry needs to price climate risk 'more realistically', says Delterra Capital

The US mortgage industry is not yet factoring in physical climate risk as "realistically" as is needed, but this could become more likely with the potential privatisation of lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Delterra Capital has said.

EIOPA and ECB endorse pan-EU reinsurance pool to address natcat protection gap

The EU could establish a public-private reinsurance scheme to help increase coverage for natural catastrophe risk, according to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and the European Central Bank (ECB).