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CIOs act further on climate investing in 2023, as Nat Cats give underwriters a 'breather'
02 May 2024In severe 'Nat Cat years' before 2023, CIOs at Lloyd's acted as 'cash registers', disgorging cash to meet steep property claims. Last year, a 'break in the weather' let them 'take stock', and many seized that 'down-time' to progress climate-investing with managers and funds
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IAR Investing in Real Assets 2022: Day 1 round up
05 April 2022Online conference taking place on 5th and 6th April
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IAR Real Asset conference: Insurers not looking at Oil prices - ESG prevails
05 April 2022Focus remains on long-term investing and just transition
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Climate reporting 'more onerous for insurers than Solvency II'
02 December 2020And "numbers on physical risk too scary to disclose" ICR's audience told
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Regulators set to make an ESG offer insurers really can’t refuse
29 March 2019Speakers in Factset and Insurance Asset Risk webinar expect watchdogs to transform ESG voluntary codes into obligations
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Mandatory climate change disclosures - only a question of time
26 February 2019Geoff Summerhayes, board member of the Australian regulator and chair of the UNEP SIF, warns insurers of increased scrutiny from regulators
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Insurers rate poorly on ESG reporting and integration
21 August 2018A new report by research and rating agency Vigeo Eiris has ranked the insurance industry 23rd out 39 for environment, social and governance related performance. In particular the report highlights the industry's weakness in dealing with climate risk on both sides of its balance sheet. Vincent Huck reports
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Climate change increases cost of debt for developing countries
17 July 2018The intensification of climate risks and the degree to which they are accurately priced by financial markets are of increasing concern to global economic stability. However, as awareness around those risks has risen over the last years, there is still a long way to go to consistently measure and monitor their costs, which can result in substantial gains or losses for institutional investors. Vincent Huck reports
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Climatewise launches transition risk modelling framework
07 June 2018Framework can be used as an add-on to insurer’s existing models
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Climate risk: how insurers are failing to join the dots on the investment side
12 April 2017The quantification of climate-related risks is strategically important for insurers in terms of underwriting and investing performance, but the industry is accused of not leveraging its underwriting expertise to benefit its asset allocation strategy. Environmental Finance's Peter Cripps reports
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