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Insurance, News | 19 July 2021
Finance ministers of world’s most climate-vulnerable economies establish insurance facility with UN Environment Programme to protect MSMEs
UNEP’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative to host V20 Sustainable Insurance Facility with initial funding from the German government
Climate Change, Insurance, Net Zero Insurance, News | 11 July 2021
Global insurance and reinsurance leaders establish groundbreaking net-zero alliance
Geneva/Venice, 11 July 2021—As the G20 gathers in Venice for its Climate Summit, eight of the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers make a historic commitment to play their part in accelerating the transition to a net-zero emissions economy, as required by the Paris Agreement.
Insurance, News | 11 July 2021
Global insurance and reinsurance leaders establish alliance to accelerate transition to net-zero emissions economy
Net-Zero Insurance Alliance committed to join Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero and UN Race to Zero; plus Net-Zero Banking…
Climate Change, Events, Insurance | 27 May 2021
Insurance supervisors and climate action
Co-hosted by the UN-convened SIF, UN PSI and the IAIS, this webinar will present the climate change risks and opportunities for the insurance sector and introduce the Application Paper on the Supervision of Climate-related Risks in the Insurance Sector.
Association of British Insurers joins UN’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative, builds momentum towards COP26 in Glasgow
12 May 2021—The Association of British Insurers (ABI)—the voice of the UK’s world-leading insurance and long-term savings industry—has joined UN…
Climate Change, Insurance, News | 21 April 2021
World’s leading insurers and reinsurers and UN Environment Programme to establish pioneering Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
Geneva, 21 April 2021—Seven of the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers, working together with the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative, are currently in the process of establishing a pioneering Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA). The NZIA is expected to be launched at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this November (COP26).
Insurance, News | 21 April 2021
World’s leading insurers and reinsurers and UN Environment Programme to establish pioneering Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
21 April 2021—Seven of the world’s leading insurers and reinsurers, working together with the UN Environment Programme, are currently in…
Insurance, News | 19 January 2021
World’s insurers and UN Environment Programme unveil state-of-the-art approaches to assessing climate-related physical, transition and litigation risks
Pioneering collaborative effort by insurers shows how climate change scenarios can be used to assess and disclose climate risks in…
Insurance, News, TCFD | 19 January 2021
First guidance enabling insurers to identify and disclose risks from climate change launches
A group of 22 leading insurers and reinsurers convened by UNEP FI has published the first comprehensive guidance for the insurance industry to identify and disclose the impact of climate change on their businesses.
Climate Change, Insurance, Publications, Risk | 19 January 2021
Insuring the climate transition: Enhancing the insurance industry’s assessment of climate change futures
22 leading insurers and reinsurers from across the globe worked with UNEP FI to develop the first comprehensive guidance for…
