All climate change articles – Page 2
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Analysis
Airmic 2023: De-risking the climate transition
New guide explores how organisations can pre-empt disorderly transition - here are the ten key lessons for risk managers
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Analysis
How climate change is making it more difficult for risk managers to find adequate insurance
As insurers grapple with increasingly frequent and severe natural catastrophes, the insurability of cat risks is being called into question, with worrying implications for risk managers.
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Brokers missing the mark on ESG factors
UK brokers are failing to consider ESG factors when evaluating insurers, according to new research from GlobalData.
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Failure to prepare for climate change “a threat to UK national security”
The government’s National Adaptation Programme is due to be published later this year and the CCC warns it is “make or break”
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Climate change will drive disruption within food & drink sector - WTW
Three quarters of food & drink firms cite lack of supply chain insurance solutions as among their biggest challenges
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Interviews
Time to be risk leaders
As we adapt to the era of ‘perma-crisis’, the business rationale for pushing risk management up the strategic hierarchy has never been clearer
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Analysis
AXA XL identifies seven sectors most exposed to water risks
The cost to businesses of inaction is five times higher than the cost of action
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Summer 2022 heatwave saw surge in subsidence payouts
UK insurers are expected to pay £219m in subsidence claims, caused by last summer’s ’record breaking high temperatures’, says ABI
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2022 global nat cat claims breach $100 billion
In Europe, winterstorms Eunice, Dudley, Franklin triggered losses of over $4 billion, while France saw claims of $5 billion from hailstorms
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Opinion
How humanity averted an environmental catastrophe
The success of the 1987 Montreal Protocol is proof all is not lost in the fight against climate change
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Analysis
Global warming likely to overshoot 1.5C by 2030s, warns IPCC
Changes in the food sector, electricity, transport, industry, buildings and land-use can reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Analysis
Directors warned ESG litigation set to snowball
One of the most high profile ongoing cases is the ClientEarth case against 13 directors of energy giant Shell
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EU cracks down on companies suspected of greenwashing
Companies must comply with a new legal framework or face ‘proportionate’ penalties
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Interest in parametrics grows as traditional capacity retrenches
Offers an “affordable solution” for large-scale insurance of catastrophic and agriculture exposures - New Dawn Risk
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Climate litigation becoming a corporate threat – Kennedys
Climate action group ClientEarth has taken energy giant Shell to the UK’s High Court
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Interviews
Surviving today’s “poly-crisis”
Not all risks can be managed out of existence and it’s time for insurers to step up
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Analysis
Global freeze map will help with business continuity
Freeze risk regularly impacts equipment and infrastructure which is often hidden and enclosed within a building
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Risk Benchmarking Survey 2023: Great expectations
After three years of global shocks and turmoil, senior managers are more engaged than ever in risk management
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Interviews
Born to insure
From a family of insurance experts, Soni Srivastava was destined for a career in the industry
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Analysis
Business outlook brightens despite geopolitical fears
Worries over further severe energy market disruption have eased at the same time as China’s Covid reopening - risk survey