With investors incorporating ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) principles into their investment strategies, and many organizations looking to finance or refinance sustainability focused projects, sustainable bond volumes have grown – more than tripling since 2019.

According to a new report by Mercer Marsh Benefits (MMB), People Risk: Resetting priorities to manage risks for workforce and business resilience, cyber security, program administration, and environmental and social issues are the top people-related risks facing organizations across Latin America.

Pointing to price volatility in the energy industry, global rating agency KBRA predicts a near term decrease in the transition from fossil fuels to more sustainable energy sources in the U.S.

Citing federal and state initiatives and some encouraging industry developments, global rating agency KBRA has reported a mostly positive outlook for the U.S. residential solar industry and, by extension, the residential solar ABS market.

Pointing to regulatory pressures, the availability of low-cost and lower emission natural gas, and the increasing attractiveness of renewable energy sources, global rating agency KBRA published a research report on the significant decline in coal usage by U.S. electric utilities.

The prospect of a long, hard market is driving businesses to make more use of self-insurance instead of handing premium over to carriers.

Climate change presents significant risk for the insurance industry on both sides of the balance sheet, and KBRA offers a new metric to help investors dimension an otherwise amorphous aspect of climate risk to specifically move beyond assuming the level of credit risk is related to total emissions.

Insurers can play a leading role in closing the protection gap by helping people plan to reduce the risk of disasters before they strike, and by providing financial help after, said Denis Duverne, chairman, Insurance Development Forum, and chairman of AXA, in an exclusive interview with Insider Engage.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensifies, the international conflict is disrupting global energy supply chains since Russia is one of the world’s largest oil exporters.

In this episode, Christian Mumenthaler, Group CEO, Swiss Re, shares how creativity can play a role in helping insurers and reinsurers manage risk, plus how diversification can help reinsurers balance their risks. He also discusses the potential role of embedded insurance to close the protection gap -- the difference between insured losses and the total economic losses from catastrophes.

Join us, in partnership with Markel, at 10:30 ET, Oct. 26 for a free webinar

Meg Green sits down with Guidewire's chief evangelist, Laura Drabik, to talk ecosystems.

Policyholder needs are evolving fast – and so are the opportunities to leverage a continuous stream of game-changing innovations from insurtechs. But while some P&C insurers see this as merely a matter of forging more partnerships, others are discovering the greatest advantages come from building an insurtech ecosystem instead.

The industry’s leading firms are making inroads into the thriving MGA sector

"We will weather the storm together," says Beggs. "The purpose of reinsurance is to provide peace of mind, stability and protection."

For Tim Rayner, CEO of Verisk Specialty Business Solutions, a digital-first ethos is vital for the industry’s success

Some predict that the cyber insurance market will be comparable in size to the P&C market by 2040. Getting into our current understanding of cyber risk is John Coletti, head of cyber reinsurance at Swiss Re

Perhaps one of the androids on HBO's sci-fi series Westworld said it best when reflecting on the AI technologies that control her fate and freedom: "It's not about who you are. It's about who they'll let you become."