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ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Workshop on Risk and Actuarial Frontiers

Climate Risk and Insurance

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The “ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Workshop on Risk and Actuarial Frontiers: Climate Risk and Insurance†brought together ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø experts and industry thought leaders to discuss the role of insurance and actuarial science in addressing climate risks. The workshop was hosted by the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø in collaboration with the ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Innovations in Risk, Insurance and Superannuation (IRIS) Knowledge Hub and the ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Institute for Climate Risk & Response. The workshop addressed key issues such as climate risk projections, impact analysis, risk mitigation, insurance pricing, and insurance affordability.  

 The workshop featured short industry and research presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities for the 130 participants.

Session 1: Understanding climate risk

Moderator: , School of Risk and Actuarial Studies (RAS), ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Business School

Speakers:

  • (ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø ICRR), “Climate endgame? (how) do people understand projections about future climate change?â€Â 

  • (Commonwealth Bank), “Financial Risks of Climate Change: Piranhas or Red Herrings?â€

  • (ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø ICRR), “The Importance of External Weather Effects in Projecting the Economic Impacts of Climate Changeâ€Â 

  • + Eugenia Fang (RAS), “Understanding compound weather and climate events through the lens of systemic financial crisesâ€Â 

  • (Allianz), “Climate change implications for financial risk management / scenario analysis and APRA's CPG 229â€Â 

Session 2: Insurance affordability   

Moderator: , School of Risk and Actuarial Studies (RAS), ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Business School 

Speakers:

  • (ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Political Philosophy), “Justice and disaster insuranceâ€

  • (Finity) “Home insurance affordabilityâ€

  • (Swiss Re), “Natural disaster risk and insurance affordabilityâ€

  • (RAS), “Cyclone reinsurance poolâ€

  • (RAS), “Fairness-welfare analysis: A framework for ethical decision-makingâ€

Session 3: Pricing for climate risk in financial institutions

Moderator: , School of Risk and Actuarial Studies (RAS), ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Business School

Speakers:

  • (Suncorp), “Pricing for natural perils in general insuranceâ€

  • (IAG), “Pricing hailstorms in general insuranceâ€

  • Matteo Malavasi (RAS), “Real option approach to flood risk managementâ€

  • (RAS), “Dependence modelling for natural catastrophesâ€

  • (IFM), “Pricing and modelling transition riskâ€

  • (RAS), “Green bond pricingâ€Â 

  • (RAS), “Challenges in electricity price modelling due to climate changeâ€

If you would like to be included in future IRIS events, please email iris@unsw.edu.au