Environmental risk and risk management

Environmental risk

Case study: Enhancing urban resilience in Medellín through insurance protection for climate risks

Following the conclusion of the two-year Medellín Tripartite Project in Colombia, the risk industry team involved reflects on the project’s outcome, the challenges they overcame, and how the knowledge they gained on the way can help future resilience programmes

Idalia hits Florida as a Cat 4 hurricane - how risk managers can respond

As Hurricane Idalia wreaks devastation across Florida and surrounding states, Strategic Risk looks at how risk managers must respond

How risk managers can become climate leaders through better communication

With the right communication and data, risk managers can speak the language of the c-suite and become a driver of real climate change says Chris Hickin, vice president - operations engineering manager, London operations at FM Global

Hurricanes risks on the rise - how risk managers can prepare

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is urging everyone to prepare for an above-normal hurricane season. Here’s how risk managers can respond

Maui wildfire insured losses “will be at least $1bn”

Commercial property insurers will likely reassess their exposures, pricing and reinsurance as a consequence of the wildfires in Hawaii, says Moody’s

Regulation watch: Progress on proportionality for Solvency II

In the latest in our series of FERMA updates from Brussels, Charles Low, head of EU affairs, explores new Solvency II amendments, which could create greater regional harmonisation across European captives

Expert view: Why data is the lynchpin of climate resilience and reporting

Nina Arquint, CEO EMEA at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, explores why data could be both an obstacle and a gamechanger for risk managers dealing with climate-related risk

Putting science and data behind climate risk management

Bill Bradshaw, operations manager at FM Global talks to StrategicRISK about how the insurer is trying to move the needle on climate risk.

Five steps to building a world-class ESG risk and compliance program

Chief risk officers have been managing ESG exposures for some time now, but compliance is getting more complicated. Dean Alms, chief product officer at Aravo explains why risk professionals must step up