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2025 Perspectives in Private Equity: Public Policy
Navigating Environmental Restrictions on Alternative Project Delivery for Complex Infrastructure Projects
ESG Essentials: What You Need To Know Now - Episode 17 - The Evolution of ESG Enforcement Under the SEC
Navigating Clean Hydrogen Tax Credits: Insights and Implications - Energy Law Insights
COP16 en Colombia: El Futuro de la Biodiversidad
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Wiley's 10 Key Trade Developments: U.S.-EU Global Arrangement
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The wildfires in Southern California earlier this year were another sobering reminder of the devastating impact of natural disasters on local communities, and Connecticut is certainly not immune....more
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria or standards or sustainability issues have impacted all sectors of society, including corporate and professional policyholders and their risk managers, insurance...more
On Dec. 13, 2024, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill integrating parametric insurance into the state’s existing legal framework for insurance products under the New York Insurance Law (“NYIL”). Assembly Bill A10344...more
For more than a decade US insurance regulators have required certain insurers to file climate risk disclosure reports. In recent years, financial regulators in Europe have begun climate change scenario testing while still...more
The climate change landscape for insurers has changed dramatically this past month. There are multiple developments insurers should keep in mind – and not just the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recent adoption...more
The growing frequency and ferocity of major weather events and natural disasters have pushed the climate change discussion to the forefront of governments and businesses. Droughts, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, and volcanic...more
Earlier this month, Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) signed S.B. 16, mandating the Colorado Insurance Commissioner to adopt rules such that insurance carriers licensed in Colorado participate in the NAIC Climate Risk...more
La Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC) publicó para comentarios el Proyecto de Documento Técnico No. 01 de 2023, titulado "Administración de Riesgos y Oportunidades Climáticas para el Sector Asegurador", por medio...more
On October 13, 2022, the Illinois Department of Insurance (the “Department”) issued Company Bulletin 2022-16 (the “Bulletin”). The Bulletin is addressed to all domestic insurers and advises that the Department will now...more
The Mitchell Williams Insurance Regulatory team of lawyers recently attended the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) 2022 Summer National Meeting which was held in Portland, Oregon on August 9-13th. We have...more
This year started off with a surge of enthusiasm among US proponents of increased climate-related financial risk disclosure by insurers and others: - Soon after the late-2021 Conference of the Parties (COP) 26 event in...more
Our earlier blog post, “Companies Should Know Benefits and Risks of ESG Reporting,” provided an overview of the Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) metrics, why these metrics are important to companies and...more
As concerns about the ecological and financial impacts of climate change have grown in recent years, so has the interest of insurance regulators in the exposure of the insurance industry to the risks raised by climate change...more
If anyone believed that the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) release of proposed climate change-related disclosure requirements last month might have been an isolated matter, of immediate importance only to the...more
After a variety of promises concerning climate change-related regulatory development activity last year, forward movement has been relatively slow. The leading exception has been the New York Department of Financial Services...more
The US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) recently proposed landmark climate-related disclosure rules draw attention to a broad scientific consensus that to avert catastrophic consequences from climate change, the...more
A new national strategy report aims to combat climate-related risks to the US financial system. On October 14, 2021, the Biden Administration issued “A Roadmap to Build a Climate-Resilient Economy” (the Roadmap), a...more
On July 28, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler delivered remarks at the Principles for Responsible Investment’s Climate and Global Financial Markets Webinar. In his remarks, he offered a glimpse of...more
The FCA is proposing a disclosure regime for asset managers, life insurers, and pension providers. On 22 June 2021, the FCA published a Consultation Paper (CP21/17) on introducing climate-related financial disclosure...more
The International Capital Market Association (“ICMA”) submitted June 15th comments to the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in response to a request for public input on current potential regulation of climate change...more
From June 2 to June 4, leading central bankers, policymakers, regulators, private sector CEOs, civil society members and academics gathered for the Green Swan 2021 Global Virtual Conference. The conference was co-hosted...more
The implications of climate change have gone from an esoteric topic that a very limited number of companies focused upon just a few years ago to one that is becoming more mainstream by the day. President Biden campaigned on...more
Climate change has shown many investors, regulators, and lawmakers that it is a threat to financial stability. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) has allowed everyone from regulators to consumers to take active...more