19th April 2023, 1.30-6.30pm | CGFI London Innovation Hub @ The Royal Institution, London
The UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) and Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) Insurance Special Interest Group are holding a half-day event to share challenges, ideas and solutions around the implementation of climate and environmental data and research in insurance.
The event will bring together the climate science and insurance communities to discuss climate data-related challenges. It will explore how research from academia can be utilised more effectively by the insurance industry, with examples and contributions from leading industry professionals and researchers.
Who should attend?
- Insurers, reinsurers, insurance consultants and other risk professionals,
- Climate and environmental scientists from academia and not-for-profit research centres,
- A limited number of places are reserved for climate and environmental analytics businesses serving the insurance sector.
Agenda and speakers
| Time | Session | Speakers |
| 13:30 | Registration and Coffee | |
| 14:00 | Welcome | Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Policy and Translation, Grantham Institute |
| 14:10 | Keynote: Applying Data and Analytics to Understand Changing Hazards | Jason Lowe, Head of Climate Services, Met Office |
| 14:30 | Keynote: The Royal Meterological Society’s Engagement with the Insurance Sector | Liz Bentley, Chief Executive, Royal Meteorological Society |
| 14:45 | Panel Discussion: Translating Existing Datasets, Tools and Academic Outputs into Useful Insights for Insurers | Jason Lowe, Head of Climate Services, Met Office (chair) Claire Burke, Head of Science, ClimateX Adrian Champion, Climate Research Lead EMEA, AON Caroline McMullan, Director, Research and Modelling, Verisk |
| 15:30 | Coffee and networking | |
| 16:00 | Deep Dive: Insurance Sector Grand Challenges | Hannah Bloomfield, Research Associate in Climate Risk Analytics, University of Bristol (chair) Richard Dixon, Head of Catastrophe Research, Inigo Insurance Tom Philp, Chief Executive Officer, Maximum Information Cameron Rye, Head of Modelling Research and Innovation, WTW Research Network
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| 16:45 | Discussion: The Role of Research in Tackling Insurance Grand Challenges | Hannah Bloomfield, Research Associate in Climate Risk Analytics, University of Bristol (chair) Francesca Pianosi, Senior Lecturer in Water and Environmental Engineering, University of Bristol Len Shaffrey, Professor of Climate Science, National Centre for Atmospheric Science Rowan Sutton, Director of Climate Science, National Centre for Atmospheric Science |
| 17:15 | Reflections and Wrap-up | Christophe Christiaen, Data, Innovation and Impact Lead, CGFI |
| 17:30 | Networking Drinks | |
