Credit Rating

Strong ESG performance is no longer an optional credential for insurers: investors, raters and regulators all demand it.

As insurers move towards automation and further digitisation of their underwriting processes, accurate data and sophisticated analytics are becoming increasingly important.

Meg Green sits down with Peter Giacone, senior managing director at KBRA, to talk all things ESG, climate change and ratings.

Join us for a webinar, in partnership with KBRA, 10 a.m., Sept. 7

What do the rating agency’s performance assessments mean for the controlled distribution market?

This Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) report is a follow-up to a research publication on KBRA’s general approach to incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in our credit rating process across corporate, financial and government (CFG) ratings, which we describe as ESG Management.

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Europe Limited (KBRA) has observed several converging trends that place a spotlight on merchant risk in European renewable project finance.

This Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) report is a follow-up to a research publication on KBRA’s general approach to incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in our credit rating process across corporate, financial, and government (CFG) ratings, which we describe as ESG Management. While our previous publication provided a broad overview of KBRA’s ESG Management approach (summarized below), this research report focuses on the potential influence of ESG topics on KBRA’s analysis of midstream energy companies. It is important to note that this research is not a methodology. KBRA’s cross-sector ESG methodology can be found here.

This Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) report is a follow-up to a research publication on KBRA’s general approach to incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in KBRA’s credit rating process across corporate, financial, and government (CFG) ratings, which we describe as ESG Management. While our previous publication provided a broad overview of KBRA’s ESG Management approach (summarized below), this research report focuses on the potential influence of ESG topics on KBRA’s analysis of aviation ratings. It is important to note that this research is not methodology. KBRA’s cross-sector ESG methodology can be found here.