Insurers and pension funds may play an instrumental role in building a more sustainable economy, either by reducing the protection gap or by capitalizing on their status as the largest institutional investors, uniquely positioned to contribute to sustainable economic growth. The ESG IN INSURANCE Conference to be held in Vienna, on 16 April, will approach both these standpoints.
While insurers’ core business is providing protection and thus reducing people’s and business’ vulnerability to a broad scale of risks, pension funds’ main task is providing additional financial resources to senior citizens, helping them maintaining an adequate lifestyle and fulfilling their needs in old age. Putting together their specific competencies, insurers and pensions providers may be a constant presence in people’s lives. Maybe less visible to an uninitiated observer, but equally important, is their role as institutional investors in helping finance the transition to a carbon-neutral, resource-efficient and more sustainable economy.
The second part of the ESG IN INSURANCE Conference will review several issues related to this mix of capabilities and roles, also offering a forward-looking perspective on what could be done next to help address the current challenges faced. The conference attendees will hear from:
- Michaella Koller, Director general, Insurance Europe
- Matti LEPPÄLÄ, Secretary General/CEO, PensionaEurope
- Morgane HILLEBRANDT, Senior Financial Analyst, AM Best Netherlands
IIF 2024 – ESG IN INSURANCE Conference is a top-level environment for exchanging business insights on the future outlook for the insurance industry and how it will be shaped by sustainability, technological, regulatory and distribution drivers. The conference will focus on some of the main aspects that incorporating ESG goals may have on insurers’ business, both as risk undertakers and strategic investors. Incorporating ESG goals both in insurance underwriting and shaping insurers’ investment policies, especially in challenging context created by the climate change are among the main topics, as well as the regulatory approach.
The conference works will be chaired by Prof. Karel Van HULLE, Professor, KU Leuven - Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
More details on the conference, as well as online registration are available on the conference website.
