Archive

  • Axa's Frédéric de Courtois talks the future of regulation, climate change, AI and emerging risks

    02 December 2024

    The Insurance Europe president and Axa deputy CEO sat down with InsuranceERM to discuss challenges and opportunities in the evolving risk landscape. Joshua Geer reports

  • A comprehensive approach to fighting climate change

    20 November 2024

    With the COP29 meeting in progress, Nicolas Jeanmart describes a role for insurers in a united effort to tackle climate change

  • As re/insurers face growing risks, models evolve to meet the challenge

    03 October 2024

    At the Rendez-Vous de Septembre, Robert Muir-Wood discussed how climate change, human interaction, and under-modelled threats are reshaping catastrophe risk management. Joshua Geer reports

  • Insurers hope to put the credibility into carbon credits

    24 September 2024

    Voluntary carbon credits are seen as a core element to future corporate climate commitments, and insurers are stepping in to bolster the confidence of buyers and sellers. Joshua Geer reports

  • Europe's climate resilience hinges on insurance and public-private cooperation

    03 September 2024

    The European Commission's Climate Resilience Dialogue has put insurance, and its greater cooperation with public authorities, at the heart of proposals to improve the bloc's resilience to climate change. Joshua Geer reports

  • Inflation as a major climate-related risk

    15 August 2024

    It's becoming clear that climate change will influence the rate of inflation, but how can insurers model the potential impacts? Consultants at Milliman explain how a causal modelling approach can help

  • Insurers' 2023 sustainability reports: disclosures become richer

    06 August 2024

    The latest round of reporting contains more detail than ever around insurers' sustainability strategies, risk management approaches and metrics. Joshua Geer compares and contrasts the results of 10 leading firms

  • Admiral Group CRO drives charge on electric vehicles

    31 July 2024

    Ronan McCaughey why the UK-headquartered insurer sees opportunities in electric vehicles, its sustainability strategy and why third-party risk is so important

  • Europe's sustainability reporting: lessons learned, challenges and looking ahead

    29 July 2024

    Insurance Europe's Philippe Angelis summarises the EU's patchwork of sustainability reporting rules and how they could be improved to create a consistent and cost-efficient framework for insurers

  • The EU Taxonomy makes insurers look bad at sustainability - but is it fair?

    16 July 2024

    In their first year of reporting, several major insurers have disclosed that none of their activities qualify as sustainable. Joshua Geer investigates whether the insurers or the EU Taxonomy framework is at fault