All Environmental Risk articles – Page 6
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AnalysisClimate change: Unpicking the complexity
Is our permanent state of crisis a distraction from climate commitments, or an opportunity to accelerate the transition?
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Special ReportsSpecial report: Climate change 2022
Why risk professionals are the ideal people to make sense of the complexities surrounding climate change
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AnalysisRIMS calls for long-term extension of NFIP
As Florida reels from Hurricane Ian, the US flood insurance program receives a brief reprieve
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AnalysisInflation a major wildcard for Florida recovery - RMS
’Wind versus water’ claims disputes to arise post Ian, with full recovery likely to “take years”
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Special ReportsSpecial report: Climate change
Growing climate extremes are increasing our exposure to secondary perils
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AnalysisGeneva Association awards sustainability approach
Nina Arquint, CRO at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, has won the Geneva Association Women in Insurance Award
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AnalysisEmerging risks and the “COVID effect”
Government support programmes have kept alive unviable zombie companies, while wealth inequality has broadened, finds Swiss Re SONAR
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AnalysisFERMA publishes sustainability risk guide
The guide is set against a policy background of the European Green Deal, in which the EU makes a legal commitment to climate-neutrality by 2050
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AnalysisESG drives better financial performance - study
Sustainability initiatives drives better financial performance due to improved risk management and more innovation
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AnalysisEurope counts cost of severe June thunderstorms
Total economic losses from severe storms in Central Europe are likely to approach or exceed $100 million - Impact Forecasting
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AnalysisParametric products can assist climate resilience - CCRI
Today’s “wealth of data” can be used to construct risk transfer products for extreme weather - Nephila’s Barney Schauble
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AnalysisIndustry leaders call for ‘resilient’ recovery
COVID-19 offers ”a unique opportunity” to ensure that climate risk is embedded in stimulus plans - CCRI
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AnalysisSix ways to protect your business against flood damage
How to ensure your business property is watertight as unprecedented storms continue to affect the UK
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AnalysisThe cost of extreme weather events to rise by 20 per cent thanks to climate change
New research from the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies demonstrates why businesses must get to grips with climate change.
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AnalysisThe lessons for risk managers from the greatest risk events of 2019
2019 was another eventful year in the risk calendar with major incidents occurring around the globe and caused both by man and nature. The risks faced by organisations continue to multiply and evolve so here we look at some of the significant events of last year and highlight the key ...
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AnalysisThree emerging risks facing renewable energy companies
Risk managers working in the renewables sector must face up to the ever growing risks presented by geopolitics, climate change and cyber interruption.
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AnalysisEnvironmental bonds: When polluter pays
If a site suffers an environmental accident, the operator is liable for clean-up – even if insolvent. Environmental bonds let you breathe, knowing your costs, and your reputation, are covered
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AnalysisPolitical risk remains front and centre
From China and Trump to Brexit and Brussels, political risks continue to concern global businesses in 2019. How have companies adapted? And what are the biggest fears for the rest of the year?
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AnalysisWEF 2019: Geopolitical risks dominate today’s global risk landscape, but are we sleepwalking into a crisis?
Risk managers across Europe react to the findings of this year’s WEF Global Risks report, which warns that “our ability to collaborate on [risks] and then mitigate them is decreasing”
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AnalysisCyber risks and business interruption top risk ranking as the biggest risks to corporates
Cyber and BI risks are increasingly interlinked as ransomware attacks or accidental IT outages often result in disruption of operations and services, costing hundreds of millions of dollars, warn AGCS on the launch of its Risk Barometer 2019
