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Swiss Re acquires flood modelling business

Reinsurance provider Swiss Re has acquired UK-based water risk intelligence and flood modelling business, Fathom, for an undisclosed sum.

'Uninsurable' assets is 'direction of travel' amid extreme weather

ABN Amro has warned that assets are increasingly becoming "uninsurable" due to the impact of extreme weather caused by climate change, as insurers respond to rising loss risk by hiking premiums and reducing exposure.

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Swiss Re says impact insurance could evolve into market 'staple'

Swiss Re, one of the world's largest reinsurers, would "like to see a convergence of impact investing and the insurance industry", commenting that 'impact insurance' helps the impact space attract more traditional investors.

UBS, SwissRe join carbon capture scale-up

Allianz to halt investments in new oil and gas fields

And will require 'net-zero by 2050' commitment from hydrocarbon producers

Insurance giants form Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

Swiss Re heralds carbon sequestration industry as big as oil and gas sector

But reinsurer acknowledges long-tail liabilities of insuring CO2 storage

Insurance Risk & Capital Americas Conference recap

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Mitigating climate risk needs insurance regulators 'to get tough'

Insurance regulators have been urged to take a hard-line approach for insurers on climate risk management.