Will Your Risk Management Strategies Weather Climate Change? (SPS-Z)

Zurich HelpPoint – Here to help make you a better risk manager

Monday, April 26, 2010
3:30 -  5:00 p.m.
BCEC 253C

Francis Bouchard - Zurich Financial Services
Lindene Patton - Zurich Financial Services
 
The climate is changing, and in more ways than one. Growing agreement that the global climate is changing, bringing the potential for severe storms, droughts and other weather events, is also altering the business climate. Increasing base-load energy demands, tighter efficiency requirements, feed-in tariffs, carbon footprint reduction costs, and even shareholder inquiries about the steps corporations are taking to address climate change, are just some of the emerging issues. While risk managers are accustomed to emerging risks, rarely do they encounter ones that may shift core business foundations and the political, economic and physical realities in which they operate, both globally and simultaneously.
 
This session will feature experts on the issue of risk management exposures and solutions related to climate change. Presentations will focus on changing risk profiles as well as potential gaps and opportunities for innovation in the insurance marketplace. Risk management professionals will gain insight from practitioners who are already applying insurance mechanisms to address climate change-related risk, focusing on public-private partnerships as well as solutions that can be applied in an environment of growing geopolitical uncertainty.
 
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