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Philippines government cedes cat risks to global reinsurers
16 August 2017The Philippines government has agreed a reinsurance programme that will cover national government assets, as well as 25 participating provinces, from up to $206 million in losses from major typhoons and earthquakes.
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RMS moving towards climate change-adjusted rainfall modelling
22 March 2017Too uncertain to consider today, but also too big to ignore
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Protection gap for climate change risks grows to $100bn
07 December 2016Climate change related risks have dramatically reduced insurers' ability to underwrite certain assets, a report has found.
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Canadian wildfires biggest loss for reinsurers
18 July 2016Reinsurers XL Group, Aspen and Chubb have all pointed to wildfires in Canada, flooding in Europe, US weather and earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador to account for losses made in the second quarter of this year.
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Insurance industry takes two-track approach to forestry investment
14 July 2016Big insurers want to avoid correlation with natural catastrophe liabilities while smaller players dodge political risk
- EF's Biodiversity Insight 2024
- TNFD to launch nature transition plan guidance discussion paper at COP16
- Banco Bolivariano starting to adopt TNFD
- Article 6.4: Is operation underway?
- "No interest" in biodiversity from US investors, Morningstar finds
- T Rowe Price, TPG Rise back $405m funding for US energy storage business
- Thames Water woes could drag UK green bond market down
- When will GSAM, Jupiter and Gresham House sign up to the TNFD?
- CSRD 'gamechanger' for preparing companies for IPO, says Euronext
- Fidelity launches 'first' global 'blue bond' fund
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Conference round-up: Sustainability Data EMEA 2024
17 October 2024Now in its fifth year, Environmental Finance's Sustainability Data EMEA 2024 in London continues to shine a light on the rapidly expanding and evolving field of ESG data. Peter Cripps reports
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Trust in forward-looking data 'needs to be earned'
17 October 2024As corporates are encouraged to provide more forward-looking data by investors and regulators, trust in how such data is produced will have to be earned, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.
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Nestlé: We need to set 'reasonable boundaries' on transparency of nature data
17 October 2024"Reasonable boundaries" need to be set on the amount of nature data companies are expected to disclose, Nestlé has said, urging investors to collectively decide what information they need.
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Limited liability under consideration in forward-looking data consultation, says FCA
17 October 2024Forward-looking sustainability data could encourage investors to assess risks more accurately, the Financial Conduct Authority's Sacha Sadan told an Environmental Finance conference, but raises the issue of liability.
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ESG Data: 'Dream of common language will not be met without common translation'
17 October 2024The dream of a "common language" on environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting can only be achieved in practice if we accept the need for a "traveller's translation guide" for global investors as well, an Environmental Finance event has heard.