Viewpoint: It Is Insurers’ Time to Lead a Resilience Revolution January 9, 2025 By Steven Rothstein and Francis Bouchard There is a risk crisis affecting the insurance industry. Hurricanes Helene and Milton left a trail of tens of billions...
Activist Report Shows More Insurers Making Climate-Related Disclosures June 21, 2024 By Don Jergler A new report from a climate activist group portrays a “mixed picture of progress and persistent challenges” in the insurance...
More Funding for U.S.-Based Provider of Retained Climate Risk Reinsurance August 17, 2023 By Don Jergler Demex Group raised $5 million from a syndicate of existing and new investors the company says will address accumulating losses...
US Insurers Invested in Fossil Fuels as Climate Risks to Underwriting Mount August 8, 2023 By Isla Binnie U.S.-based insurers have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in fossil fuel-related assets which in turn contribute to the risk...
A First Look at How U.S. Insurers Are Adopting Global Climate Reporting Guidelines July 25, 2023 By Don Jergler U.S. insurers are adopting numerous strategies to deal with risks from climate change, according to a review out today that...
How the Insurance Universe Deals With Evolving Risks and Dispositions June 27, 2023 Insurers have come a long way on climate change, but they have a long way to get where we need...
California Climate Bills Requiring Broad Disclosures Have National Implications February 2, 2023 By Don Jergler A pair of California bills requiring large companies to report emissions from across their supply chains and creating more stringent...
Investors Ask SEC for More ESG Disclosures as Companies Resist: Analysis June 16, 2021 By Katanga Johnson Investor groups have asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for more corporate disclosures on climate change and other environmental,...
Report: Despite Pandemic-Driven Emission Redux, We’re Headed to 3-Degrees Warming December 17, 2020 By Don Jergler A new report finds that despite a brief dip in carbon dioxide emissions caused by the pandemic, the world is...
Businesses Urge U.S. Insurers to Stop Insuring, Investing in Fossil Fuel Producers September 18, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain A group of about 60 American businesses on Thursday urged their insurers to stop providing coverage to and investing in...