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October 11, 2023Read more...According to research from Insurance Capital Markets Research’s (ICMR), much of the ESG focused activity within the Lloyds market, including the recently launched LMA ESG Academy, continues to focus on inward business and managing agent operations as oppose to the owners of managing agencies,...October 10, 2023Read more...The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has laid out its strategic priorities for 2024-2026, including a number of ESG related areas of focus, including: ESG integration in the prudential and conduct frameworks as applied to insurers and pension funds; addressing...Read more...The world’s fourth-largest credit rating agency, DBRS Morningstar has announced it will source global property-level climate hazard risk data from Morningstar Sustainalytics, considering various climate change scenarios and time horizons, as part of its credit research and analysis across all...Read more...Former Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra and third term EU comissioner Maros Sefcovic have secured the required approval from lawmakers representing at least two-thirds of the European Parliament's environment committee in their bid to lead the EU's climate change and overall green...September 27, 2023Read more...A new report from Gallagher Re highlights a wave of climate change litigation and the need for (re)insurers to assess the impact on their portfolios and risk profiles. The report finds that litigation that was previously focused on governments and high-profile carbon intensive industrial...September 25, 2023Read more...Sensible Weather, a climate finance platform that combines weather data, financial tools, and risk management technologies, has secured a second round of financing led by Amex Ventures with additional backing from its seed and series A investors. Sensible Weather will use the capital infusion...September 25, 2023Read more...Guidewire, which provides software and property risk data, casualty risk data, and hazard risk scoring to 540 insurers in 40 countries, has issued the industry's first public statement in response to the recent proposal to loosen restriction on climate-related risk considerations and pricing in...September 22, 2023Read more...As insurers withdraw or limit their exposure to escalating natural catastrophe risks, California has announced it will write now rules to allow insurers to consider current or future risks in ratemaking. A caveat: the state will require insurers participating in the market to take on...September 21, 2023Read more...Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) has published a report " Rising physical climate risk generates uncertainty, complicates risk management" in which it finds climate-related hazards are contributing to current challenges in the insurance market. The report cites Swiss Re's findings that the...September 20, 2023Read more...The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has announced the launch of its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Academy, offering a comprehensive range of virtual and in-person courses and online resources for global (re)insurance professionals at all levels as they navigate the evolving ESG...September 20, 2023Read more...Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte recently spoke to heads of government attending the UN Climate Ambition Summit, including London mayor Sadiq Khan and California Governor Gavin Newsom, saying “The long era of robust economic growth, low inflation, and geopolitical stability is over, and it’s replaced by...September 20, 2023Read more...First Street Foundation, a climate risk focused non-profit research and technology group, has released “The 9th National Risk Assessment: The Climate Insurance Bubble”, highlighting the contribution of underpriced insurance, driven by regulation and compounded by climate change in the real-estate...September 19, 2023Read more...The ILS ESG Transparency Initiative focuses on enhancing environmental, social and governance (ESG) data transparency and disclosure in the insurance-linked securities (ILS) market. The initiaite stems from what was formed a year ago as the "Zurich ILS Working Group" by founding members...September 18, 2023Read more...Climate Risk Partners ("CRP") has announced it will rebrand as Climate Commodities Risk Solutions ("CCRS") and merge into the Climate Commodities ("CC") , a global commodity merchant with operating companies in physical trading, mineral processing and refining, transportation and logistics,...More PostsImages: Jaromír Kavan
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