Jump to: Content

Global guidance on the integration of environmental, social and governance risks into insurance underwriting

Global guidance on the integration of environmental, social and governance risks into insurance underwriting

Last updated: 2020

This guide is the first of its kind globally for managing ESG risks in risk assessment and insurance underwriting. It has an initial focus on non-life insurance business, also known as property and casualty insurance business.

Use this resource for the following Actions of Impact Management:

  • Identify: Understand the materiality of ESG risks to various lines of business and economic sectors, including characteristics that might affect the ability to assess and mitigate such risks.
  • Implement: Address the growing concerns by stakeholders across society (e.g. NGOs, investors, governments).

This guide is the first of its kind globally for managing ESG risks in risk assessment and insurance underwriting. It has an initial focus on non-life insurance business, also known as property and casualty insurance business.

Use this resource for the following Actions of Impact Management:

  • Identify: Understand the materiality of ESG risks to various lines of business and economic sectors, including characteristics that might affect the ability to assess and mitigate such risks.
  • Implement: Address the growing concerns by stakeholders across society (e.g. NGOs, investors, governments).