Climate Change
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Global tensions can be eased through climate risk management, finds new report
Lloyd’s has published a new report that it says will help risk managers and insurers navigate the significant overlap between…
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Cyber biggest risk in Allianz Barometer as pandemic fears recede
Cyber is the biggest business risk this year, knocking business interruption (BI) off the top spot into second place, with…
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Pool Re backs new systemic risk research to develop transfer solutions
A new research programme, led by the funded by UK terrorism mutual Pool Re and a consortium of international companies,…
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Study finds corporate progress on UN’s Sustainable Development Goals but room for improvement
New research has revealed that four in five companies studied now include a commitment within their sustainability reports to the…
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DAC Beachcroft highlights ESG, class actions and social inflation as big issues for 2022
Environmental, social and governance (ESG), class actions and social inflation all feature prominently in the latest insurance predictions from DAC…
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Businesses must prepare for disorderly transition to net zero: WEF
Companies should prepare for a “disorderly transition” to a low-carbon economy, as climate change adaptation threatens to increase societal, economic…
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Renewable energy growth creates complex threat landscape for risk managers: WTW
Rapid growth in the renewables energy sector has landed risk managers with a full in-tray of emerging risks, according to…
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Insurer challenges in 2022 include civil unrest and class actions, says RPC
The latest Annual Insurance Review from law firm RPC highlights a number of issues set to impact insurers in 2022,…
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Aspen incorporates ESG into underwriting framework
Aspen said ESG factors are now built into its underwriting of credit and political risks, with the aim of generating…
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WEF warns of cyber risk ‘blindspot’
Companies may be overlooking cyber risks as the pandemic and climate change dominate the risk agenda, according to the World…
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Covid-19 scars raise societal and climate risks: WEF
Growing inequality and political tensions in the wake of the pandemic will make it even harder to tackle climate change,…
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Corporates warned of likely rise in biodiversity litigation
Biodiversity litigation is expected to rise to become the “next frontier” of environmental claims, according to law firm Clyde &…
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AMRAE confident of progress on captives as it confirms conference to go ahead next month
AMRAE has confirmed that its annual meeting of French risk managers will go ahead in-person next month, and urged cyber…
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Skuld joins zero-carbon shipping initiative
Marine insurer Skuld has joined the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Center (MMMC) for Zero Carbon Shipping to help decarbonise the maritime…
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Risk landscape reset amid complex and changing renewals, says Howden
An already complex underwriting environment has been complicated further by the mix of heightened secondary catastrophe perils, rising core inflation,…
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Lloyd’s Asia launches new renewable energy consortium
Lloyd’s has launched a new renewable energy consortium to respond to the growing needs of companies operating in the Asia-Pacific…
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Big rise in climate litigation against business and governments next year, says Clyde & Co
Clyde & Co predicts a “sharp increase” in strategic climate change litigation against European businesses and governments next year to…
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UK managers fear rising personal liability over ESG issues, finds QBE survey
Senior managers at UK businesses fear they are facing higher levels of personal liability from their firm’s climate exposures and…
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Marine insurers back decarbonisation scheme
A number of marine insurers have signed up to an initiative designed to bring more transparency and urgency to the…
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US tornadoes not a capital event for (re)insurers, but add to pricing pressure, says Fitch
The recent tornadoes across Kentucky, Arkansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee are expected to generate significant economic and insured losses,…
