Environment / Climate change
EU regulation of greenhouse gas emissions: what solutions can insurance companies offer industry?
P&C > Environment / Climate change10/2011
Restrictions on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions imposed by European Regulations are being tightened. As of 2013 (beginning of Phase 3),…
Which rates should we use to discount costs and benefits of different natures at different time horizons? We answer this…
Assurance construction décennale et développement durable : un défi sur le long terme
P&C > Environment / Climate change04/2010
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Climate change management: how to transform threat into opportunities for the Re/Insurance industry
P&C > Environment / Climate change03/2009
Reinsurance, by its very nature, aims to identify, analyse, assess and model risks to provide risk management solutions and adequate…
Green Growth Resources and Resilience - Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific
P&C > Environment / Climate change04/2012
While regional countries are driving the global "green growth" agenda, policymakers are facing a new economic reality and heightened uncertainty.…
The Effectiveness of Using a Basis Hedging Strategy to Mitigate the Financial Consequences of Weather-Related Risks
P&C > Environment / Climate change05/2010
This paper examines the effectiveness of using a hedging strategy involving a basis derivative instrument to reduce the negative financial…
A Global Review of Insurance Industry Responses to Climate Change
P&C > Environment / Climate change05/2009
A vanguard of insurers is adapting its business model to the realities of climate change. In many ways, insurers are…
CEA, Tackling climate change - The vital contribution of insurers
P&C > Environment / Climate change12/2009
It is just as important and urgent to take measures — particularly disaster risk reduction measures — to adapt to…
Examining the financial implications of climate change using climate models and insurance catastrophe risk models
P&C > Environment / Climate change12/2009
ABI (Association of British Insurers) The Financial Risks of Climate Change, ABI Research Paper No 19, 2009
Pricing Weather Derivatives Using the Indifference Pricing Approach
P&C > Environment / Climate change05/2009
This paper adopts an incomplete market pricing model—the indifference pricing approach—to analyze valuation of weather derivatives and the viability of…
Donatella Porrini The Geneva Papers (2007), 33
The Efficient Liability Sharing Factor for Environmental Disasters: Lessons for Optimal Insurance Regulation
P&C > Environment / Climate change03/2008
Using a structural model of the interactions between governments, firms and insurance companies, we characterize the distortions in environmental liability…
Weather and climate are « core business » for the insurance industry. Many extreme weather events such as cyclones, hailstorms, bushfires and…
Global Climate Change: Uncovering Hidden Investment Risk and Opportunity
P&C > Environment / Climate change03/2000
Martin Whittaker (2000) The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance No: 25 (4)
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the leading international body for the assessment of climate change. It reviews…
The European Climate Adaptation Platform (CLIMATE-ADAPT) aims to support Europe in adapting to climate change. It is an initiative of…
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