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Insurance Risk & Capital Americas 2023: Climate change already making some perils 'uninsurable'
27 September 2023Climate change has been named as one of the biggest headwinds facing the insurance industry by a panel of risk experts, with its effects already making some perils uninsurable.
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Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023: US anti-ESG backlash is 'political risk', insurers say
27 September 2023US politicians have hijacked the ESG debate, making the job of insurers to manage their climate risk much more difficult, according to panellists at the Insurance Risk and Capital Americas 2023 conference.
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Insurance and Climate Risk Americas 2019
30 September 2019Delegates at Environmental Finance’s Insurance and Climate Risk Americas conference in New York heard how climate-related legislation is racing up the agenda in the US, Michael Hurley reports
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CISL to launch open-source tool to assess infrastructure transition risk
04 December 2018The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) is preparing to launch a modelling tool to assess how the transition to a low-carbon economy will impact the financial performance of infrastructure investments.
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California survey reveals rise in insurers divesting from thermal coal
30 November 2018Californian insurers’ coal policies aligned with counterparts in Europe
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XL's adoption of Axa climate policy will cost €100m in premiums
27 November 2018Re/insurer Axa XL will adopt Axa’s climate policy on both sides of the balance sheet, following the French insurer’s recent takeover of XL Group.
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Severe natural catastrophes in 2017 leave Europe's non-life insurers nursing losses
06 September 2018Last year's spate of severe natural catastrophes caused Europe's non-life insurers cumulatively to make a loss from covering property damage.
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Insurer backs development of 'blue carbon' credits
15 May 2018Insurance company XL Catlin is supporting a project to develop a novel type of carbon credit which it refers to as 'blue carbon resilience credits'.
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Insurers reach 'tipping point' on climate change
29 November 2017Concerns about climate change are influencing the underwriting and investment policies of a growing number of insurance companies, finds Graham Cooper
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Insurers urged to build relations with governments
15 November 2017Insurers should work harder to persuade governments to engage with their long-term fiscal responsibilities, which include climate change, according to Stephen Catlin.
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