Climate Change and the Insurance Industry: Impacts and Preparedness - NU PropertyCasualty360
Climate Change and the Insurance Industry: Impacts and Preparedness | PropertyCasualty360
Climate change is a complex issue with far-reaching consequences across various sectors, including the insurance industry. In this podcast, James Handley, director of data science at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, and Heikki Vesanto, data science manager at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, shed light on climate change impacts on the insurance industry – and how policyholders and insureds can prepare.
You’ll also hear:
- The factors increasing risk, such as record-breaking temperatures, warmer oceans, social inflation, and more.
- The areas hardest hit by climate change and potential future impacts.
- How proactive measures and innovative technologies can facilitate more informed decisions and help mitigate risks associated with climate change.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”