Climate change poses a significant risk to the insurance
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Climate change poses a significant risk to the insurance industry. The industry needs to adapt to the changing climate. Insurers may need to increase the cost of insurance to account for the increased risk.
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Sourced from the stated challenges and abstract of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2021 and 2026, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 612 times in total.
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Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps
- The Relational and Contractual Moral Duty of US Insurers to Mitigate Climate Risk (2026) · Journal of Business Ethics · doi
Climate change poses a significant risk to the insurance industry. The industry needs to adapt to the changing climate. Insurers may need to increase the cost of insurance to account for the increased risk.
generalstated challengesevidence 5/5Keywords: climate change poses significant risk insurance industry needs - Shareholder activism and firms' voluntary disclosure of climate change risks (2021) · Strategic Management Journal · cited 586× · doi
Yet, despite the growing importance of climate change risks, little is known about companies' exposure to climate change risks, their disclosure of these risks, and what strategic actions they take to manage and mitigate these risks.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: risks climate change despite growing importance little known companies exposure disclosure strategic actions take manage - Climate risk and corporate investment behavior in emerging economies (2025) · Emerging Markets Review · cited 26× · doi
Our study examines the impact of climate risk on the investment outcomes of publicly traded firms in emerging economies, an important yet understudied issue amid the rising occurrence of severe climate events.
generalabstractevidence 4/5Keywords: climate examines impact risk investment outcomes publicly traded firms emerging economies important understudied issue amid
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