
Sustainability

Contingent risk capital will drive climate finance: Howden’s Douglas
‘Insurability will be seen as the sharp end of the spear in terms of financial viability and long-term value,’ Howden’s chief executive of climate risk and resilience, Rowan Douglas, says

Dual UK launches climate risk and resilience team
New team aims to introduce insurance products designed to help businesses navigate decarbonisation and sustainability challenges

The Trump administration’s zeal for freezing federal aid should worry insurers
The private sector, including insurers, must speak truth to power

Insurers must help secure financing for clean energy: Ariel Green’s Napiorkowski
‘Re/insurers need to provide more capacity for covering clean energy technology risk so we can achieve our climate goals more quickly,’ Ariel Green’s managing director says

Climate change poses existential risk to property insurance
All players in the property insurance ecosystem must help clients and communities harness property insurance as a tool for climate adaptation, or they risk becoming irrelevant

Pacific typhoons could prompt risk modelling updates: Chaucer
Specialty re/insurer has incorporated Pacific typhoons shifting northwards into its risk assessments, highlighting an increased likelihood of losses over the next decade

The rise of pre-arranged crisis financing
Pre-arranged finance, such as insurance products, can help countries better plan their response compared with more traditional funding models, Centre for Disaster Protection executive director, Daniel Clarke, says

Insurance should be the keystone of climate finance strategies: Aon
Broker’s global head of Climate Risk Advisory outlines why the UN climate talks in Belém could prove to be ‘the insurance COP’

Banks have plenty of room for growth as climate financers
Commercial financial institutions provide about $245bn in climate finance each year, according to the Climate Policy Initiative, but net-zero targets may encourage larger outlays

French buyers tackle insurers over ‘crimes of uninsurability’
Insurers accused of providing insufficient solutions to exposures linked to climate change at risk management conference in France

Colorado to consider bill to publicise risk mitigation discounts
State policymakers seek to dampen high insurance rates

Climate finance should focus on private capital, not just public funding: WWF
Public finance may dominate climate discussions, but the impact of private sector money is ‘much, much bigger’, WWF UK’s chief economist says
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