Mandatory climate change disclosures - only a question of time
Geoff Summerhayes, board member of the Australian regulator and chair of the UNEP SIF, warns insurers…
Insurance
Results for ClimateWise
Geoff Summerhayes, board member of the Australian regulator and chair of the UNEP SIF, warns insurers…
Insurance
New and updated tools have been launched to help Investors use scenario analysis to understand how climate…
Investment,Policy,Insurance
The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is preparing to launch a modelling tool…
Stranded Assets
What effect will climate change have on the insurance industry, and what can insurers do to mitigate climate risk? Participants in part two of this roundtable from InsuranceERM and DWS discuss the strategic transformations that are needed, and the influence of voluntary and regulatory initiatives on this process
The intensification of climate risks and the degree to which they are accurately priced by financial markets are of increasing concern to global economic stability. However, as awareness around those risks has risen over the last years, there is still a long way to go to consistently measure and monitor their costs, which can result in substantial gains or losses for institutional investors. Vincent Huck reports
Insurers have a great deal of experience modelling natural catastrophes and this expertise will be core to how the sector copes with climate change risk. But transferring the knowledge is not straightforward, and getting the right data to the right people remains a struggle, as participants discuss in part one of this two-part roundtable from InsuranceERM and DWS.
Insurance
Anastasia Titarchuk has been announced as interim CIO of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, replacing…
People
A modelling tool to help investors and regulators assess how the transition to a low-carbon economy will…
Investment,Policy
The third and final part of this series of features about the insurance sector looks at group level responses to climate change. Peter Cripps reports
Investment,Markets,Insurance
An initiative from QBE allows the insurer's customers to opt to have up to 25% of their premiums invested responsibly. Tom Herbstein and Andrew Voysey explain why the initiative is an important development
Green Bonds,Investment,Insurance
Climate change related risks have dramatically reduced insurers' ability to underwrite certain assets,…
Investment,Markets
Natural catastrophes are becoming increasingly common and costly. But more can be done to help protect society against their impacts argues Robert Muir-Wood
Carbon,ESG,Investment
A year after the PRA's landmark report into the insurance sector and climate change, Environmental Finance looks at how the industry is responding.
Investment,Markets,Insurance
The 30 major insurers that form the ClimateWise initiative have made significant progress in responding…
Carbon,Investment,Policy,Renewables,COP
The leaders of 15 insurance firms have written to the governor of the Bank of England demanding "urgent…
Carbon,Investment,Policy,Stranded Assets