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Building Resilience – from climate risk to risk selection

Panel discussionUnderwriting Club Briefing 2

2025-06-03 | 10:00 AM - 10:40 AM

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As extreme weather events become more frequent and impactful, property underwriters must develop new strategies to quantify, price, and manage climate and environmental risk. But resilience also means improving underwriting fundamentals: risk selection, portfolio steering, and exposure management. This session explores how firms are strengthening both strategic and operational resilience in a shifting landscape.

How are underwriters incorporating climate modelling, parametric triggers and ESG into risk frameworks?
What lessons have been learned from recent flood, wildfire and subsidence events?
How are firms using data to improve risk triage and underwriting segmentation?
What governance and regulatory expectations are emerging around climate stress testing and disclosures?
How can underwriting teams balance commercial pressure with long-term resilience thinking?