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- Title
Green Insurance: A Roadmap for Executive Management.
- Authors
Stricker, Lukas; Pugnetti, Carlo; Wagner, Joël; Zeier Röschmann, Angela
- Abstract
Anthropogenic climate change is accelerating, and severe and widespread consequences are expected in many areas. Although the insurance sector is not closely associated with any of the sustainability dimensions, expectations may change rapidly. Against this background, we analyze the role of insurers, especially in the property and casualty areas, in addressing the environmental and climate risk challenges and developing a truly sustainable, environmentally friendly business model—green insurance. Building on the Principles of Sustainable Insurance set by the United Nations, we develop a comprehensive roadmap along the insurance value chain for executive management to design their company's sustainability efforts, with special focus on property and casualty. The roadmap indicates actions to be taken as well as metrics to be managed in product development, marketing and sales, risk management and underwriting and operations and claims management towards green insurance. The existing products, risk appetite and operational processes must be reviewed to support sustainability goals and include the full portfolio of activities, including claims. The time to act is now, the sustainability journey is complex and the proposed business model transformation should provide benefits for early movers.
- Subjects
UNITED Nations; SENIOR leadership teams; INSURANCE executives; EFFECT of human beings on climate change; FINANCIAL planning; ENVIRONMENTAL literacy; INSURANCE companies; VALUE chains; ENVIRONMENTAL risk
- Publication
Journal of Risk & Financial Management, 2022, Vol 15, Issue 5, p221
- ISSN
1911-8066
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/jrfm15050221