UK Struggles to Adapt to Impact of Climate Change June 18, 2021 By Jessica Shankleman The UK is struggling to put in place adequate measures to deal with rising sea levels and warmer temperatures caused...
Bank of England Launches Climate Change Stress Test for Insurers, Banks June 8, 2021 By Huw Jones The Bank of England on Tuesday set out its first comprehensive stress test of the ability of the British financial...
Broker Howden Launches World’s 1st Fully Sustainable Insurer, Parhelion June 2, 2021 Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced it is launching a UK insurer called Parhelion, which it describes as “the world’s...
Swiss Financial Watchdog Requires Insurers, Banks to Disclose Climate Change Risks June 1, 2021 ZURICH – Large Swiss banks and insurance companies will have to provide qualitative and quantitative information about risks they face...
Rising Global Temperatures Move Closer to Climate Change Tipping Point: U.N. Report May 27, 2021 By Andrea Januta There is now a 40% chance that global temperatures will temporarily reach 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the...
Canada Faces Mega-Hurricanes if Climate Change Pushes Storms North: Swiss Re Warns May 21, 2021 By Danielle Bochove Climate change is making hurricanes bigger and stronger, and it may soon push them farther north. Yet Canada’s homeowners, businesses...
Insurance Development Forum Launches Project to Build Colombian Climate Resilience May 20, 2021 The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a public-private partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by international organizations, has launched...
UK Pushes G-7 Countries to Adopt Mandatory Climate Reporting for Big Companies May 20, 2021 By Alex Morales, Alessandra Migliaccio and Alberto Nardelli UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is pushing the Group of Seven (G-7) economies to impose mandatory reporting of...
UN Summit to Seek Support from Insurers, Bankers to Stem Loss of Global Biodiversity April 15, 2021 By Alastair Marsh Organizers of a United Nations summit where world leaders will seek to negotiate an accord for nature akin to the...
Lloyd’s Lab Picks 11 Insurtech Start-ups, Focused on Product Simplification, Climate April 15, 2021 Lloyd’s announced the next 11 insurtech start-ups that are participating in the sixth cohort of its Lloyd’s Lab innovation accelerator...