Sustainability
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Authors of our own (climate) scenarios
This blog describes the discussion from an interactive session exploring climate scenarios for insurers. It outlines some lessons this exercise might have for life insurers when developing climate scenarios as part of their risk management processes.
Planetary insolvency: could climate change outpace insurance solutions?
Climate disasters are driving insurance losses up 7% annually, threatening to make vast areas uninsurable. Sandy Trust explores the looming ‘great risk transfer’ from insurers to society.
Talking Sustainability with Nick Spencer
We interviewed Nick Spencer, Chair of the IFoA sustainability Board, covering his ambitions as Chair and his thoughts on actuarial involvement in sustainability. Here is what he had to say.
The Harrier jet of lifelong learning
As one of the IFoA’s 4700+ volunteers, Nick Spencer is Chair of the IFoA Sustainability Board. He featured as our ‘Inside Story’ in the December 2020 issue of The Actuary magazine. In this blog he provides some more details on the role of the Sustainability Board and answers some more questions on his volunteering experience.
Climate scenarios in general insurance
The IFoA Sustainability Working Party’s climate scenarios sub-group explores use of climate scenarios in the non-life insurance industry and by regulators in assessing climate change impact. The authors focus on the developed insurance markets in North America and Europe.
New climate change disclosures newsletter
The IFoA’s Climate Change Disclosures Working Party introduces its new climate change disclosures newsletter. The quarterly newsletter provides an update on disclosure requirements around the globe.
Climate change disclosures newsletter: November 2024
The IFoA’s Climate Change Disclosures Working Party has published its November 2024 newsletter. It provides an update on disclosure requirements around the globe since the first newsletter in May 2024.
Findings of the IFoA Climate and Sustainability Scenarios Committee
Nick Spencer, Chair of the IFoA’s Climate and Sustainability Scenarios Committee, introduces the committee’s findings and recommendations