Sustainability – Page 3
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InsightBriefing: Climate change transition planning is likely to be a task and a half
Although the government’s new taskforce is promising ‘gold standard’ guidance for net zero transition planning, small supply chain vendors may be the hiccup for listed firms’ success
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Brokers lack resource and knowledge to tackle the climate crisis – Ecclesiastical
One in five said their company had no interest in being net zero, according to the insurer’s latest research
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Swiss Re enters Lloyd’s Lab
The reinsurer has entered the accelerator’s eighth cohort with an ESG proposition
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Specialist insurer Beazley predicts business risks to increase for Summer 2022
Business leaders are facing the ‘stiffest test in a generation’, says chief executive
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Insurance Development Forum names Swiss Re and Zurich veteran as new steering committee chair
A key priority for the steering committee will be tackling the ’urgency of the climate crisis’
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When it comes to financial performance, does bigger really mean better?
Insurance DataLab reveals the preliminary findings of its 2022 Broker Performance Report exclusively in Insurance Times, rating the performance of different sized brokers based on their financial performance
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IT Interview
Lee Mooney: RSA’s commercial lines business is ‘nothing without our broker partners’
RSA’s commercial lines managing director explains how the insurer’s three-pronged approach aims to improve broker service and encourage ‘growth mode’
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Flood Re reveals ‘Build Back Better’ scheme
Initial particpating insurers include NFU mutual, Aviva, Ageas, Lloyds Banking Group and LV= General Insurance
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Socioeconomic inclusion demands greater insurance industry effort
People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds can experience longer career progression paths because of ‘polish and fit’, rather than ‘performance or talent’
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Lloyd’s of London targeted again by Extinction Rebellion
Protestors used superglue, chains and bike locks to block entrances while demanding the marketplace cease insuring coal, oil, gas, tar and sands
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Sarah Mallaby: Partnering with brokers on schemes is ‘a real bright spot’ for Axa UK
The insurer wants ‘to work with all brokers’, according to its distribution and trading director
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‘Chronic threat of climate change remains’ – MP Alok Sharma
The MP stressed that insurance has a role to play in helping protect communities from climate risk
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Brokers must not treat risk management as an ‘afterthought’
The ‘increased recognition of risk management’ should be welcomed by brokers, however those with a ‘simply transactional’ mindset may struggle to place risks, especially for SME clients
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Aviva’s Amanda Blanc names flooding as biggest UK risk
Blanc believes that world leaders need to come together to agree what a ’good’ transition plan looks like
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Storm Arwen winds sweep up over £80m worth of claims – NFU Mutual
Insurers across the board are expected to experience a total loss of up to £300m
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Climate change has ‘broken the world of risk management’
However, applying an ‘insurance mindset’ to climate-related issues can support the ‘race for resilience’, says government’s climate champion
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Briefing: Sector-wide cultural change and ‘radical collaboration’ will drive flood resilience work
Flood Re believes the role of insurance is changing as it urges insurers to offer property repair improvements to combat poor flood resilience
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Admiral’s stock market dip - how serious is it?
The Cardiff-based insurer’s share price plunged by 15% last month as a result of profit concerns
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Only 14% of SMEs have plans to reduce environmental impact – Aviva
Aviva UK and Ireland chief exec says ’more and more businesses will be impacted by climate change’
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Insurtech ecosystem is ‘unusually advanced’
An expert panel at the Business of Resilience conference discussed how the insurtech sector could support the insurance industry through innovation
