Hugo Coelho

• Climate change to shave 0.5% a year off insurers' capital

  16 November 2015

  Climate change threatens to have a negative impact on the capital position of insurers, by lowering investment income and increasing capital requirements for weather-related claims, Standard & Poor's (S&P) predicts.

• Bank of England warns insurers on potential losses from stranded assets

  30 September 2015

  The transition to a low-carbon economy could inflict heavy losses on insurers, as a result of potential shifts in asset prices, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has warned.