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Climate and Sustainability roundup: Eiopa turns up the heat, Spanish flood crisis and COP action

InsuranceERM highlights climate change and sustainability news from the past month

EU consumers need easy access to investment and protection

Giancarlo Bosser urges European lawmakers involved in the Retail Investment Strategy to develop a more consumer-centric approach to the process of buying insurance-based products

Generali expands oil and gas underwriting exclusions

It is the first insurer in the world to exclude midstream and downstream activities.

French life insurers defend business volumes from lapse risk

Six underwriters paid out more in lapses than their GWP in 2023

Solvency data reveals eight Italian life firms' lapses outweighed their premiums in 2023

Sector's total lapses were worth 52% of its gross written premium

Generali and UNDP call for more efforts to scale parametric insurance solutions

Joint report emphasises the need for parametric insurance to enhance financial resilience

Generali's premiums rise 20% in H1

Insurers' 2023 sustainability reports: disclosures become richer

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

Generali's Gerardo Di Filippo on embracing revolutionary change in risk management

The group head of risk management process and operations at Generali discusses how the risk function is evolving in response to the climate, AI and geopolitical megatrends. Joshua Geer reports

Actuaries urge insurers to stay grounded on Gen AI dreams and nightmares

Generative artificial intelligence might be 'just another tool', but it's one whose potential risks and opportunities demand close attention, as Joshua Geer reports from the European Congress of Actuaries