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The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of... more +
The European Union is an economic and political partnership comprised of 27 nations within the Eurozone. The EU was established in 1948 to promote stability and cooperation among member states in the aftermath of WWII. The EU maintains a common currency as well as several intranational institutions, including the European Parliament and the European Commission. less -
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The natural catastrophe insurance gap: is a centralised European backstop the solution?

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As climate change intensifies the frequency and severity of natural disasters across Europe, the gap between insured and total economic losses—known as the natural catastrophe insurance protection gap—has become a growing...more

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Policy Updates From the UK Prudential Regulation Authority

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The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued significant policy updates to enhance the regulatory framework for insurers and financial institutions in the UK: - Key among these is the Policy Statement on...more

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2024 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: Weather and Natural Disasters

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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

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2024 Insights: Corporate Trends

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Global M&A Activity Endures Headwinds in 2023 and Displays Resilience Going Into 2024 - Despite market headwinds, dealmakers have looked to carveouts, spin-offs, joint ventures and other creative deal structures to engage...more

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Climate Change and Its Undeniable Impact on Insurance: How To Respond?

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Models that have historically been used by insurers to hedge risk were not designed to predict uncertain events such as natural disasters that may be exacerbated by climate change. This now leaves insurers overexposed to...more

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Banking Bites - June 2022

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New High Court case considers nature and scope of the Quincecare duty - In June, the Court of Appeal expanded the scope of a bank’s duty of care to protect its customers from fraud to encompass instructions by those other...more

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Actualités législatives et règlementaires - Février/Mars 2022

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Le bureau Parisien de Hogan Lovells a le plaisir de vous adresser sa lettre d'information mensuelle qui vous présente les Actualités législatives et réglementaires des mois de février et mars 2022....more

McDermott Will & Schulte

The Future of Climate Change Risk Regulation for Insurers in America?

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In the few short weeks since our last report on climate change and the US insurance industry, the volume of climate change news has been extraordinarily high. The range of developments has been broad to say the very...more

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Climate Change Risks and US Insurance Industry Regulation

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In late November 2020, we published a high-level review of insurance regulatory developments relating to climate change, available here. In the six weeks since, regulators and industry participants on both sides of the...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Sustainable Finance and Climate Change Risk in Financial Services: For Insurers

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In a July 2020 speech on climate action in the financial industry, Sarah Breeden, executive director for UK Deposit Takers Supervision, said the industry is “at the start of a critical decade for climate action where the...more

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Sustainable Finance and Climate Change Risk in Financial Services - March 2020

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Financial services regulators have been particularly vocal in the last 12 months, specifically about the impact on the financial services sector as the world experiences, and attempts to respond to, climate change. Mark...more

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