Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re June 28, 2023 By L.S. Howard Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to...
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...
Study Blames Climate Change for Summer Wildfire Rise in California June 15, 2023 By Don Jergler A study out this week shows that nearly all of the observed increase in summer wildfires in California over the...
Intrepid Reinsurance Execs Take on Extreme Challenge in ‘World’s Toughest Row’ June 15, 2023 By L.S. Howard Four intrepid reinsurance executives from Convex and Swiss Re are rowing from Monterey, Calif. to Hawaii – as part of...
ANALYSIS – Breakup of Insurers’ Climate Coalition Driven by U.S. Regulation Fears June 2, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes The success of Republicans in triggering the breakup of a coalition of insurance firms aimed at tackling climate change is...
Update: List of Insurers Exiting Climate Group Grows, Including Lloyd’s, Tokio Marine May 30, 2023 By Aaron Clark, Nao Sano and Alastair Marsh The list of firms walking out of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance continued to grow this week, adding to an...
Climate Alliance Sounds Alarm on ‘Political Attacks’ on Insurers May 26, 2023 By Tommy Wilkes “Political attacks” are interfering with insurers’ efforts to price climate risks, the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero said on...
UPDATE: ESG-Bashing Triggers More Defections From Insurer Climate Group May 25, 2023 By Alastair Marsh The world’s biggest climate alliance for insurers has started hemorrhaging members, after Republican attorneys general accused the group of antitrust...
Anti-ESG Rhetoric in U.S. Prompts Urgent Talks as Insurers Quit Climate Coalition May 24, 2023 By Alastair Marsh The world’s biggest climate coalition for insurers is set to hold emergency talks after a wave of defections revealed the...
UN Says U.S. Concerns Have Led to Insurers Quitting Climate Alliance May 24, 2023 The United Nations Environment Programme on Wednesday said “recent discussions within the United States” had been behind four insurance firms...