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UNEP now pushing nature onto business balance sheets2 comments

Hilary Ostrov (aka hro001) wrote 1 month ago: A few years ago, I wrote about the birth of a new kid on the United Nations Environment Program (UNE … more →

Tags: Climateria, ., Achim Steiner, Club of Rome, green economy, IPBES, ipcc, lord stern, nature on the balance sheet

A Normal Day in Climate Science

Donna Laframboise wrote 1 month ago: Don’t believe everything you read – especially about the supposed link between global wa … more →

Tags: activist scientists, media, Peer Review, Climate, joe romm, Natural Resources Defense Council, roger pielke jr, Theo Spencer

Relative valuations of selected reinsurers and wholesale insurers

mozoz wrote 1 month ago: It’s been a great 12 months for wholesale insurers with most seeing their share price rise by 20%+. … more →

Tags: Insurance Related, Solvency II, reinsurance, london based insurers, Hiscox, Swiss Re, Lancashire, continential european reinsurers, price tangible book values

Market valuations of wholesale insurers and reinsurers shift upwards

mozoz wrote 1 month ago: With many of the Bermudian and US insurers hitting 52 week highs last week, there is a definite shif … more →

Tags: Insurance Related, Zürich, insurer valuation, tangible book value, book value multiples, tangible book value multiples, london based insurers, Bermudian insurers and reinsurers, European reinsurers

Climate Change: the Private Sector at the Barricades

The Rational Pessimist wrote 3 months ago: I am not a naturally pessimist person (despite the title of my blog). But when it comes to climate c … more →

Tags: Climate change, PWC, Low Carbon Economy Index, l'cei, Swiss Re, Nikolaus von Bomhard

What is a natural disaster?

earth science society wrote 4 months ago: I recently watched a very informative webinar by Munich Re. It was their annual webinar on the world … more →

Tags: natural disaster, natural hazard, Risk

Natural Catastrophe Watch

The Rational Pessimist wrote 4 months ago: The Financial Times has an interesting chart based on data from the reinsurance company Munch Re (cl … more →

Tags: Climate change, catastrophe losses

Munich Re: Natural catastrophe and weather related deaths in 2012 were less than one-tenth of the 10-year average

ktwop wrote 4 months ago: Alarmism and fostering a fear of future events where the actual risk is well below the perceived ris … more →

Tags: Business, alarmism, Global Warming, climate change, Insurance, Insurance and alarmism

Climate inaction caused massive economic losses in 2012

Mike Soron wrote 4 months ago: Swiss Re, a large reinsurance and insurance company, calculates the massive costs of climate inactio … more →

Tags: enterprises, Climate, climate change, Global Warming, Insurance, reinsurer, Swiss Re, Natural Catastrophes, Weather Extremes

Geldmaschine Rückversicherung: Dennoch zahlt die Branche schlechter als das Investmentbanking

Florian Hamann wrote 6 months ago: Während viele Investmentbanken in Europa zuletzt schwächelten, klingelt es in den Kassen der Rückver … more →

Tags: Pay

A Stormy and Uncertain Future for Property Insurance in New Zealand and Around the Globe...

Sarah Miles wrote 6 months ago: Very Severe Cyclonic Storm Nargis, seen from MODIS on the Terra satellite at 0645Z May 2 near landfa … more →

Tags: Allianz, christchurch, Christchurch earthquake, climate change, extreme weather, Florida, global average temperatures, Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Wilma

Jobmotor langfristige Investments: Versicherer drängen ins Geschäft mit Immobilien und Infrastruktur

Florian Hamann wrote 6 months ago: Banker haben derzeit nichts zu lachen: So hat die UBS erst am Dienstag verkündet, knapp 10.000 Mitar … more →

Tags: Job Market

Life in a Petri Dish7 comments

xraymike79 wrote 6 months ago:   Much more and devastating disasters is what will need to happen, so says David Attenborough, … more →

Tags: capitalism, climate change, ecological overshoot, Environmental Degradation, Peak Oil, Pollution, Collapse of Industrial Civilization, David Attenborough, Derrick Jensen

17 jobs created at new insurance R&D operation in Dublin

Paul Clarke wrote 7 months ago: It’s testament to the availability of talented technologists in Ireland (and its relative price comp … more →

Tags: Job Market, reinsurance, IT in finance, R&D, insruance

Streichkonzert bei Ergo kostet weiter 600 Stellen...

Florian Hamann wrote 7 months ago: Das Streichkonzert beim Personal geht auch bei der Ergo weiter. Laut der „Rheinischen Post“ plant di … more →

Tags: Job Market, Stellenabbau, Kostenreduzierung

INSURANCE SUSTAINABILITY: Reality vs. Perception1 comment

bwhite21 wrote 7 months ago: Brandlogic has released its second annual Sustainability Leadership Report at http://www.sustainabil … more →

Tags: Sri, sustainability, CSR, Insurance, Environment, financial services, esg, AXA, Swiss Re

This is how many graduates various different banks inform us they're hiring for 2012/2013

Sarah Butcher wrote 7 months ago: Unfortunately, our information isn’t infallible. Nor is it necessarily entirely comparable, bu … more →

Tags: students graduate, investment banks, Students Internships, 2013, graduate hires

Wieso ein Traineeprogramm in der Rückversicherung eine spannende Sache sein kann

Florian Hamann wrote 7 months ago: Das Klischee von der langweiligen Versicherungsbranche kann Katrin Hagestedt ganz und gar nicht teil … more →

Tags: students graduate, Praktika, Traineeprogramm

Ein großes Stück vom Kuchen: Wie drei Rückversicherer den Weltmarkt dominieren

Florian Hamann wrote 8 months ago: Die Rückversicherungsbranche zählt zu den wenigen Sektoren der Finanzdienstleistungen, wo nicht ange … more →

Tags: Insight, Rückversicherung, Marktvolumen, marktanteil


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