Climate Change
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Cat capacity crunch in focus as hurricane Ian nears Florida coast
The ability of the global insurance and reinsurance industry to shoulder catastrophe risk is being called into serious question as…
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German market facing a perfect storm of risks: HDI Global
Cyber risks remain high up the agenda of German risk managers, as a result of the rise in cyberattacks following…
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Marsh explores bringing renewable energy certificate service payments to global clients
Marsh has told Commercial Risk it is exploring the possibility of expanding its scheme to allow US clients to pay service…
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UK SMEs face array of diverse risks according to Marsh poll
Some 39% of UK SMEs named energy costs as their top emerging risk during the next 12 months, followed by…
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The risk management implications of the EU Green Deal
In 2020, the EU approved the European Green Deal, ushering in a wave of sustainability initiatives across all sectors. For…
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Denmark commits funds to climate-related loss and damage compensation
Denmark has become the first United Nations member state to pay loss and damage compensation to developing countries for the…
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Preparing for the storms ahead
Many risk managers feel they have been in firefighting mode for the last two years, struggling to stay ahead of…
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Greenpeace sues EU over gas and nuclear ‘greenwashing’
Greenpeace is taking legal action against the European Union (EU) for alleged greenwashing after the bloc included fossil gas and…
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Aon in collaboration with nature-based solutions provider Revalue Nature
Aon is partnering with Revalue Nature in a collaboration that aims to offer innovative insurance protection for nature-based solutions. Aon…
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Prominent role for MGAs in specialist covers as premium grows
Delegated underwriting authority enterprises (DUAEs) such as managing general agents (MGAs) are playing a more prominent role, partnering with insurers…
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Ferma says insurers not doing enough to help clients through energy transition
Ferma has said there is a lack of risk transfer capacity to support the transition to carbon neutrality and urged…
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Getting ahead of the crisis
Many risk managers feel they have been in firefighting mode for the past two years, struggling to stay ahead of…
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PERILS adds Euro flood risk to loss database
Nordic risk managers should be better able to model their flood risk after catastrophe loss data provider PERILS expanded its…
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Descartes leading the parametric charge in DACH region
Parametric solutions are becoming increasingly popular among risk and insurance managers as the traditional insurance market continues to pull back…
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Energy crisis questions drive to ban fossil fuel cover
The increasingly intense pressure placed on insurers and reinsurers to back away from covering fossil fuels is causing an “unacceptable”…
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Heat stress to be extreme risk for 71% of global food production by 2045
About three quarters of today’s global food production will face extreme risks from heat stress by 2045, according to a…
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Chaucer and Moody’s roll out ESG scorecard to boost risk management
Chaucer and Moody’s have now rolled out their ESG Balanced Scorecard, which they believe will change the way ESG is…
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Howden launches insurance to support growth of carbon credit market
Broker Howden has launched a first-of-its-kind insurance cover to support the growth of the voluntary carbon market (VCM), in partnership…
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Aon and Jupiter partner to boost climate risk analysis for financial institutions
Aon has teamed up with climate risk analytics firm Jupiter to help its financial institutions clients quantify and disclose their…
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MGA market growing, driven by technology and new capital, says Conning
The managing general agent (MGA) market has seen double-digit growth in the past year and is now a $70bn market,…
