climate risk
Opportunity wants to create a national insurance support framework to identify and manage insurance retreat, have risk assessments for homeowners and a ‘fair’ cost-sharing model as party releases climate policy
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Opportunity wants to create a national insurance support framework to identify and manage insurance retreat, have risk assessments for homeowners and a ‘fair’ cost-sharing model as party releases climate policy
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Climate Change Commission says ‘nationwide action to adapt is not keeping pace with growing climate risks, leaving Aotearoa inadequately prepared’
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Climate Change Commission says ‘nationwide action to adapt is not keeping pace with growing climate risks, leaving Aotearoa inadequately prepared’
New Auditor General report says councils need to have clear strategies for tackling climate change
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New Auditor General report says councils need to have clear strategies for tackling climate change
ICNZ opposes UK-style flood reinsurance scheme for NZ, saying it could send the wrong signals
Insurance representative bodies from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the UK urge their governments in a joint letter to collaborate with insurers in order to decrease natural hazard risk
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Insurance representative bodies from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the UK urge their governments in a joint letter to collaborate with insurers in order to decrease natural hazard risk
Government and Centre for Sustainable Finance join forces to develop sustainable finance strategy to improve NZ’s global competitiveness and attract climate-focused investments
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Government and Centre for Sustainable Finance join forces to develop sustainable finance strategy to improve NZ’s global competitiveness and attract climate-focused investments
Labour Party Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds highlights critical role of insurance in New Zealand’s financial future as natural hazard risks increase and insurance premiums continue to rise
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Labour Party Finance Spokesperson Barbara Edmonds highlights critical role of insurance in New Zealand’s financial future as natural hazard risks increase and insurance premiums continue to rise
IAG NZ Chief Executive Amanda Whiting says insurer’s annual results showing $4.1 billion in gross written premium and $500.7 million in insurance profit ‘just demonstrate the sustainable outcome’
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IAG NZ Chief Executive Amanda Whiting says insurer’s annual results showing $4.1 billion in gross written premium and $500.7 million in insurance profit ‘just demonstrate the sustainable outcome’
Suncorp NZ boss Jimmy Higgins encouraged by Parliament's cross-party climate inquiry but says reinsurer appetite won't improve until NZ has plans in place to tackle future natural hazard risks
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Suncorp NZ boss Jimmy Higgins encouraged by Parliament's cross-party climate inquiry but says reinsurer appetite won't improve until NZ has plans in place to tackle future natural hazard risks
Climate risk expert says New Zealand needs a national flood adaptation platform to mitigate the rising costs and financial risks caused by floods
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Climate risk expert says New Zealand needs a national flood adaptation platform to mitigate the rising costs and financial risks caused by floods
Reserve Bank to ask whether New Zealand banks are able to cope with climate change in a 27-year scenario where the planet is 2° warmer
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Reserve Bank to ask whether New Zealand banks are able to cope with climate change in a 27-year scenario where the planet is 2° warmer
New Zealand Bankers' Association wants to see more detail on the role of finance in the Government's Draft National Adaptation Plan
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New Zealand Bankers' Association wants to see more detail on the role of finance in the Government's Draft National Adaptation Plan
Bell Gully's Simon Watt and Kate Redgewell say mandatory climate-risk reporting for the financial sector will be a relatively big shift for a number of organisations
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Bell Gully's Simon Watt and Kate Redgewell say mandatory climate-risk reporting for the financial sector will be a relatively big shift for a number of organisations
Banks, insurers, NZX-listed companies and fund managers among those to be required to report on climate risk under new regime to be overseen by the FMA
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Banks, insurers, NZX-listed companies and fund managers among those to be required to report on climate risk under new regime to be overseen by the FMA
Financial firms and major listed companies to be made to disclose their climate-related financial risks; Govt consults on exactly how this should be done
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Financial firms and major listed companies to be made to disclose their climate-related financial risks; Govt consults on exactly how this should be done