UNEP Transition Insurance Series

Insuring the transition and the climate-nature intersection

Hosted by King’s College London at Bush House, this half-day event in the lead up to the UNEP FI Global Roundtable (GRT) will explore how insurers can support a just, resilient, and sustainable transition through credible transition planning across underwriting and investments, and present a first-of-its-kind methodology for integrating nature into climate risk underwriting and risk models from the PSI Working Group for Nature.

Time: 08:30 – 13:00 BST

Time (BST)	Session
08:30	Light breakfast and registration
09:00	UNEP Antitrust Statement and introductory remarks Emily Farrimond, Partner, ESG & Sustainability Lead, Baringa Ylva Baeckstrom, Senior lecturer in Insurance at King’s Business School Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Seth Eshun, Project Coordinator, Transition Insurance, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
10:15	Session 1: Insuring the Transition Leah Ramatour, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Aviva Danielle Imperato, Group Head of Sustainable Innovation & Stakeholder Engagement, Generali Peter Tufano, Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School Giuseppa Bentivegna, Head of the Supervisory Regulations and Policies Directorate, Italian Institute for the Supervision of Insurance (IVASS) Fiona Watson, Vice President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
10:45	Break
11:00	Session 2: Insurance at the Climate-Nature Intersection Babs Dijkshoorn, Director of Sustainability, Achmea Timothy Nielander, Senior Legal Advisor, African Risk Capacity Thomas Viegas, Group Nature Lead, Aviva Nicola Ranger, Executive Director, Earth Capital Nexus and Professor, London School of Economics Bjorn Alfthan, Senior Sustainable Business Executive, Gard Swenja Surminski, Managing Director for Climate & Sustainability, Marsh Dave Jones, Director of the Climate Risk Initiative, UC Berkeley School of Law
12:15	Lunch