Insurance, Climate Change and the Law

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The insurance industry has found itself at the front line of climate change challenges, providing insurance cover in relation to risks associated with climate change. As risk carriers, insurers pay claims for climate change related losses — such as property damage caused by windstorms, flooding, and wildfires — which have been increasing in frequency and severity. As major institutional investors, insurance companies invest in assets that may be increasingly vulnerable to climate risks, and regulators across the globe have started to require insurers to identify, manage and report on climate change risks.

This book sets out the current legal and regulatory landscape for impact underwriting and impact investment, arguing that the debate should move beyond inward-looking risk management to consider the positive outward impact the insurance industry can make. It puts forward a new vision of the role of the insurance industry as climate action enablers, proposing insurance products and risk transfer structures that can support policyholders in their transition to a Net Zero economy.

Contents: Climate change: the science, the international stage, terminology and boundaries; Climate change risks and the role of insurers; Climate change risk assessment and regulation; Climate-related disclosures; Insuring green and not insuring brown; Greening insurance; Climate-related impact investment and stewardship; The role of government and public private insurance solutions.

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Q&A

Who is this book for?
Legal practitioners, insurance industry professionals, financial and insurance regulators, policymakers and academics.

What's the book's central argument?
That insurers should move from inward-looking climate risk management to becoming active climate action enablers through impact underwriting and investment.

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