The ETH Zürich professor tells delegates at Swiss Re webinar that a ‘best-case scenario’ would see an extreme temperature event occur four times every decade

Net-Zero Insurance Alliance target setting protocol fails to offer 'credible alternatives' to fossil fuel exclusion policies, global campaign group says

As well as their potential to help address the protection gap in areas prone to natural catastrophes, parametric solutions can also be tailored to cover other hard-to-insure losses

Insurance giant says coverage will be contingent on client adoption of plans to reduce methane emissions and confirms it will not underwrite oil and gas extraction projects in government-protected conservation areas

Natural disasters resulted in global economic losses of $275bn last year, revealing a picture of growing property exposure, according to Swiss Re’s latest sigma report

Bermudian re/insurer Aspen’s chief underwriting officer, Christian Dunleavy, discusses climate change, the trend towards annual contracts to help manage exposures and the forthcoming reinsurance renewals 

International broker hires former KPMG partner to support the business in advising clients on de-risking the financing of energy transition projects

Speaking to Insurance Day, the executive chair of Convex calls for the creation of cyber, pandemic and climate risk versions of the UK government-backed terrorism reinsurer

There is ‘uncertainty’ as to whether insurers hold sufficient capital against future climate-related losses, UK regulator says, as it seeks to address ‘capability gaps’ to improve the identification, measurement and management of climate risks

The legacy market could enjoy its most important role yet, as an engine to push re/insurers to net zero

London market re/insurer says it sees ‘significant long-term growth opportunity’ in ESG as businesses invest in transition and green technology

Insurance industry-led public/private partnership aims to increase the number of companies engaged in its risk modelling working group