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Climate risk related insurance and reinsurance news and analysis.
The impacts of climate related risks are a key topic for the insurance and reinsurance industry, while providing risk transfer solutions to hedge against and protect from climate risk related losses is an important area of innovation for the market.
Aon launches Climate Risk Advisory team
5th May 2023
Global professional services firm Aon has announced the launch of a dedicated unit to drive climate analytics and advisory into multiple sectors. As climate change drives new extreme weather records, Aon’s Climate Risk Advisory team - lead by Liz Henderson - has been created to help their clients better quantify the ... Read the full article
Reinsurers leading net zero goals but more urgency needed: Twelve Capital
3rd May 2023
New data from independent investment manager Twelve Capital shows that reinsurers are leading the way in terms of some net zero targets within the wider financial industry, with 50% having adopted operational 2030 targets, compared with just 18% in the sector more broadly. But despite this stand-out figure, Twelve Capital maintains ... Read the full article
WTW introduces ESG initiative to help clients manage climate risks
28th April 2023
Global brokerage WTW has expanded its predictive climate analytics capabilities with the introduction of a new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiative. WTW’s Climate Risk Solutions for Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) North America, is a fully integrated strategy combining the breadth of the broker’s ESG resources to help its clients ... Read the full article
InnSure supports climate risk insurance innovators with new award program
28th April 2023
InnSure, a nonprofit dedicated to harnessing the power of the insurance industry to combat climate change, is to competitively award insurance innovators for the research and development of new policies and products to help address climate risk. Working with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), the nonprofit ... Read the full article
Energy transition concerns deflecting focus from climate: Beazley
27th April 2023
New data from specialist re/insurer Beazley suggests that short-term concerns about the energy transition may be deflecting focus away from climate change as the environmental issue of most concern. However, Beazley’s survey of 2000 senior business leaders also shows that the long-term threat that climate change poses is rising to the ... Read the full article
Insurers face challenge of defining their own view on nat cat risks: Aon’s Shedden
21st April 2023
Aon Reinsurance Solutions' Global Head of Analytics, Paul Shedden, stated that insurers are faced with the primary challenge of defining their own view on natural catastrophe risks amidst the escalating volatility of such events. "2022 was another big year for catastrophe losses. Insured losses totalled $132 billion in 2022, 57% above ... Read the full article
AXA Climate launches new functionality on its Altitude platform
12th April 2023
AXA Climate, an entity of the AXA group dedicated to climate and environmental adaptation, has launched a new functionality on its Altitude platform, aimed at providing private equity investors with a comprehensive assessment of climate, carbon and nature related risks. The Altitude platform allows asset management companies to gain a clear ... Read the full article
Understanding water risk essential for almost all businesses: AXA XL
11th April 2023
In a recent report outlining how firms can manage key water-related threats, researchers at AXA XL suggested that understanding water risks is essential for almost all businesses, regardless of the sector. Citing the international non-profit CDP, AXA XL states that the cost to businesses of inaction on water risks is 5x ... Read the full article
Milliman names climate change main factor in insured losses of 2022
4th April 2023
A Millman report on Extreme Weather Conditions in Europe showcases the link between climate change and economic losses which have led to major losses for insurers and reinsurers in Europe. Temperatures in Europe have increased by twice the global average which is the highest in any continent causing severe wildfires, ... Read the full article
Munich Re quits Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
31st March 2023
Global reinsurer Munich Re has announced the discontinuation of its membership in the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), citing antitrust risks as limiting the scope of its decarbonisation goals. The UN-convened NZIA is a group of 30 insurers and reinsurers representing approximately 15% of world premium volume globally, who together aim to ... Read the full article
Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition protects nearly 7,000 Kenyan farmers
29th March 2023
Nearly 7,000 Kenyan farmers signed up to the Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition to protect their crops during the most recent short rains season from October 2022 to January 2023. The Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition is a first-of-its-kind, blockchain based parametric crop protection for subsistence farmers, led by the Lemonade Foundation. Read the full article
Chubb announces climate & conservation underwriting standards for oil & gas
22nd March 2023
Chubb Limited has announced a new underwriting criteria for oil and gas extraction projects that will require clients to reduce methane emissions, a byproduct of oil and gas production that are among the most severe greenhouses gases. At the same time, the company also announced that it will not provide insurance ... Read the full article
2017-22 losses a “wake-up call” to better assess climate risk, Moody’s Rahnama
16th March 2023
The record global natural catastrophe losses between 2017-22 are a “wake-up call” for the industry to “better assess, manage, and transfer” the risks of future climate-related events, saids Mohsen Rahnama, Chief Risk Modeling Officer and Executive Vice President, Models and Data of Moody's RMS. Writing in the Moody's RMS Catastrophe Review ... Read the full article
Reinsurance no silver bullet to climate challenge: Gallagher Re’s Bavandi
9th March 2023
Antoine Bavandi, Global Head of Public Sector & Climate Resilience Solutions at Gallagher Re, has contended that re/insurance cover alone is no “silver bullet” to matching capital with risk and addressing the growing challenge of climate resilience. Bavandi instead suggests that insurance and reinsurance are only part of a much wider ... Read the full article
ICE partners with Dun & Bradstreet to expand climate risk offering
23rd February 2023
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE), a global provider of data, technology and market infrastructure, has announced an agreement with Dun & Bradstreet, a global provider of business decisioning data and analytics, to leverage its global supply chain and corporate location data to expand its climate risk offering globally. ICE stated that by ... Read the full article
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