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Swiss Re launches 'first-of-its-kind' carbon credit insurance

Swiss Re Corporate Solutions supports insurance for long-term carbon credits

Wind hedging could soar as price supports fades, says WindEurope

Demand for protection against adverse wind conditions hitting wind power generators' revenues could soar as government support for renewables declines, according to WindEurope.

Renewables: a hotspot for the weather risk market

Requests for weather risk products from renewable energy developers and investors are mounting, providing market participants with long sought-after new demand. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports

Insurer launches weather risk desk

Bermuda-based insurance firm Axis Capital Holdings has hired two veterans of the weather risk markets to launch its weather and commodity markets desk.