Insurance Regulation

New ClimateWise Report Looks at Underwriting the Net Zero Goal

New ClimateWise report outlines ways insurance underwriting mechanisms to support net zero can be enhanced to accelerate transition to a safe climate As global attention on COP26 reinforces the urgency of keeping global warming to […]

News

Demex Group Raises $9m in Series A Round

The Demex Group, the technology company behind a first-of-its-kind platform for analyzing, pricing, and transferring climate-linked risks at scale, today announced it has raised $9 million in Series A funding led by financial services and technology investors, […]

Global insurance trends

Chloris Geospatial Secures $2.5m in Funding Round

Chloris Geospatial, a Boston-based start-up that is pioneering advanced approaches to produce accurate planetary-scale terrestrial biomass accounting, has secured first round seed investment today. Chloris closed the round with a $2.5 million investment from At One […]

Insurance Regulation

Guernsey Insurance Association Signs Climate Pledge

Guernsey’s insurance sector has made a further commitment to green and sustainable finance by signing a pledge to be carbon neutral by 2050. The Guernsey International Insurance Association has signed up to the SME Climate […]

Flood Insurance

AXA XL Launches Coastal Flood Mapping Tool

At COP26, AXA XL launched the Coastal Risk Index (CRI), an innovative tool that maps current and future flood hazard resulting from climate change and integrates for the first time the protective benefits of coastal […]

News

AXA Financials; Revenue Up 7%, End is Nigh For Oil & Gas Cover

The latest results aren’t as spectacular as MAPFRE maybe, but still a very positive performance; “AXA continued to deliver an excellent performance in the first nine months of 2021”, said Alban de Mailly Nesle, Chief […]

Insurance Regulation

SCOR Report Looks at Integrating Sustainability Into Risk

How can insurers and brokers integrate sustainability factors into an overall risk profile? SCOR are working on some ideas, more here; The importance of building resilient infrastructure and promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialisation as well […]

Conference report

EBRD Bank Wants 100% More Private Capital Investment in Climate

Latest COP26 related statement from the EBRD; The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced its intention to double the mobilisation of private sector climate financing by 2025. The way to achieve this […]