
Sustainability

From Paris 2015 to Belém 2025: climate finance explained
UN negotiations and commitments on scaling up international funding for climate action face a critical turning point ahead of the next climate negotiations in the Amazon

Shipping still far behind net zero trajectory, marine insurer data shows
Poseidon Principles for Marine Insurance publishes annual report showing industry efforts well below minimum IMO goals

Parametric nat cat platform Mythen launches
AI-powered managing general underwriter Mythen offers hurricane cover, backed by Texas carrier and Bermuda reinsurer

Yokahu launches London market parametric risk exchange
Parametric exchange will support extreme weather risks – including hurricanes, typhoons and storms – with limits of up to $5m per transaction

Insurers must solve the climate finance conundrum
Climate lobbyists ask how insurers can justify support for the industries that drive escalating risks

Contingent risk capital will drive climate finance: Howden’s Douglas
‘Insurability will be seen as the sharp end of the spear in terms of financial viability and long-term value,’ Howden’s chief executive of climate risk and resilience, Rowan Douglas, says

Dual UK launches climate risk and resilience team
New team aims to introduce insurance products designed to help businesses navigate decarbonisation and sustainability challenges

The Trump administration’s zeal for freezing federal aid should worry insurers
The private sector, including insurers, must speak truth to power

Insurers must help secure financing for clean energy: Ariel Green’s Napiorkowski
‘Re/insurers need to provide more capacity for covering clean energy technology risk so we can achieve our climate goals more quickly,’ Ariel Green’s managing director says

Climate change poses existential risk to property insurance
All players in the property insurance ecosystem must help clients and communities harness property insurance as a tool for climate adaptation, or they risk becoming irrelevant

Pacific typhoons could prompt risk modelling updates: Chaucer
Specialty re/insurer has incorporated Pacific typhoons shifting northwards into its risk assessments, highlighting an increased likelihood of losses over the next decade

The rise of pre-arranged crisis financing
Pre-arranged finance, such as insurance products, can help countries better plan their response compared with more traditional funding models, Centre for Disaster Protection executive director, Daniel Clarke, says
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