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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.
2021 a “pivotal year” for re/insurers’ climate efforts: Swiss Re’s Ojeisekhoba
7th June 2021
Moses Ojeisekhoba, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Reinsurance at Swiss Re, has warned that following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2021 could be a “pivotal year” for the re/insurance industry to help push for more societal resilience to climate change. As countries look to a sustainable pandemic recovery, and with ... Read the full article
DBRS Morningstar notes growing momentum of sustainable insurance investments
3rd June 2021
Analysts at DBRS Morningstar have pointed to the “growing momentum of sustainable investment among insurers” which it says should support a transition towards a low-carbon economy globally, and help to mitigate the effects of climate change. With Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) awareness on the rise, the firm noted that many ... Read the full article
Swiss regulator asks re/insurers to disclose climate risks
1st June 2021
Swiss financial regulator FINMA has said that, going forward, re/insurance companies and banks will be required to publicly provide “qualitative and quantitative information” on the risks they face due to climate change. FINMA said the move will support the sustainable development of the Swiss financial centre, while preventing the public from ... Read the full article
Aon, Willis & Mercer join sustainable investing group
13th May 2021
Fourteen institutional investment consulting firms in the US, including Aon, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) and Mercer, have established a joint working group to advance sustainable investing. Aon Hewitt Investment Consulting, WTW, and Mercer, which forms part of broker Marsh McLennan, will aim to support clients by promoting and improving sustainable investment ... Read the full article
WTW establishes framework to support climate transition plans
4th May 2021
Re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has announced the launch of Climate Transition Pathways (CTP), an accreditation framework that helps insurers and financial institutions to identify which organisations have transition plans aligned with the Paris Agreement. The CTP governance committee will work with independent third-party groups including Volans, a consultancy responsible ... Read the full article
AXA to target environmentally positive & inclusive insurance
30th April 2021
Global insurer AXA has launched a progress index to measure its implementation of several new climate and inclusivity targets. On the insurance side, these include strengthening the share of insurance products with a positive impact on the environment, through the guarantees or services offered, as well as the promotion of inclusive ... Read the full article
SCOR sets further climate targets for investments
28th April 2021
French re/insurer SCOR has announced further climate targets to reduce the carbon intensity of its investments and accelerate its move towards net-zero emissions. By 2025, SCOR now aims to have reduced the carbon intensity of its corporate bonds and listed equities portfolio by 27%. It's hoped that this new target will support ... Read the full article
Willis Towers Watson commits to net zero by 2050
19th April 2021
Re/insurance broker Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has announced a set of measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions across its business operations, with a target to deliver net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This includes an interim target for 2030, by which point WTW has committed to achieve at least a ... Read the full article
UK property insurers need to map the long-term impact of climate change: JBA
9th April 2021
Analysts at flood science specialist, JBA Risk Management, have warned that UK property insurers need to start planning how they will map the long-term impacts of climate change on their books. The warning comes ahead of the confirmation this June of the Prudential Regulatory Authority’s (PRA) detailed reporting requirements on insurers’ ... Read the full article
EY praises “world-leading” UK insurance, flags fundamental ESG concerns
1st April 2021
The UK's insurance industry has been praised for its transparency and efficiency in a new EY indexing report that also describes its Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) performance lagging behind its European peers. Both the UK and Belgian insurance markets are described by EY in its global indexing report as being ... Read the full article
Climate change regulation to benefit re/insurers: Moody’s
31st March 2021
Analysts at Moody’s believe that a growing focus on climate change by global re/insurance regulators will ultimately be beneficial to the industry. The rating agency suggested that closer regulatory scrutiny of climate risk will push re/insurers to better evaluate and monitor climate-related threats. It is also expected to support re/insurers in making ... Read the full article
Allianz warns industry of climate compliance challenges
25th March 2021
Analysts at Allianz have warned that actions to address climate change pose significant operational and compliance challenges for re/insurance companies, with growing scrutiny for those that over-promise or lag behind. Although the pandemic caused re/insurers and governments alike to shift their priorities over 2020, Allianz believes that the issue will move ... Read the full article
RMS launches new climate change models
22nd March 2021
Catastrophe risk modeller RMS has launched new climate change models to help its customers assess the near and long-term impacts of climate change on physical assets and their businesses. The new models include RMS’s economic modelling framework which uses climate science consensus, including from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The ... Read the full article
Swiss Re plans full coal exit in renewed climate push
16th March 2021
As part of its goal to transition towards net zero emissions, Swiss Re has revealed a new set of climate targets that include a full phase-out of thermal coal in treaty re/insurance by 2040. In 2023 Swiss Re will tighten its coal policy by introducing new thermal coal exposure thresholds for ... Read the full article
Geneva Association task force develops climate framework for re/insurers
25th February 2021
Industry think tank The Geneva Association has mobilised 17 of the world's largest P&C and life re/insurers to form a new task force for tackling climate risk. These companies will come together to develop climate risk assessment methodologies and tools for the re/insurance industry, beginning with a report that lays out ... Read the full article
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