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Heatwave puts Switzerland resilience on thinner ice, Swiss Re warns

Reinsurer says rising temperatures could amplify flood and infrastructure risks

London Climate Action Week: Industry ponders how to make nature insurance "less painful"

The excitement around insuring nature is giving way to harder questions about standards, scale, greenwashing and whether insurers have priced the risk correctly. Joshua Geer reports

MS Amlin commits $50m to Natural Disaster Fund

The public-private partnership has paid out $61.6m since its creation

EU's Retail Investment Strategy package passed by Econ

Legislators tighten rules around inducements, but do not ban them

Rating agencies foresee more sales of participating life products in China

Low-yield environment, regulatory pressure and sustainable design behind the move

German pension reform proposals set up battle over insurers' role

Capital funding plans test insurers' role in retirement savings

ClimateWise launches framework to assess insurability risks

Can help identify climate-related pressures before cover becomes unaffordable or unavailable

German court convicts Baden-Baden reinsurance protesters

Marine insurers still exposed to major claims despite Strait of Hormuz traffic resuming

Allianz Commercial report flags toll risk, GNSS jamming and mental health risks for seafarers

London Climate Action Week: Insurers cannot adapt their way out of climate risk, says Allianz's Thallinger

Investment and sustainability chief argues net-zero goals are essential