Following on from our event in March 2024, The CGFI Leeds Innovation Hub, in collaboration with the Lighthill Risk Network, Oasis LMF, Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience, and Maximum Information, hosted this online update event.
Previously, we convened the insurance sector and broader ecosystem to discuss four of the most significant challenges they will face in the coming years. The goal of this initial event was to begin aligning climate science with industry needs, ensuring that the research agenda delivers impactful and high-quality science where it is most needed. UK CGFI Leeds has been tracking progress and, together with the broader research community, convened this followup event provide an update on progress for the top four challenges.
Additionally, this event is a platform for linking the broader research community with industry, highlighting other significant research initiatives. We invited the wider research community to share the latest updates on cutting-edge climate science and its integration into their research agendas with the aim of having industry impact.
Contact

Patricia Grant - Event Lead
UK CGFI Leeds Innovation Hub Manager │ University of Leeds
Contact: p.grant@leeds.ac.uk
Speakers

Dr Ségolène Berthou
Met Office

Prof Iain Clacher
UK CGFI │ University of Leeds

Dr Laura Dawkins
Met Office

Dr Nicholas Leach
University of Oxford

Prof Jason Lowe OBE
UK CGFI │ Met Office

Dr Tom Philp
Maximum Information

Dr Matthew Priestley
RMetS

Amir Sethu
MS Amlin

Prof Ralf Toumi
UK CGFI │ Imperial College London

Prof Pier Luigi Vidal
University of Reading│ NCAS

Dickie Whitaker
Oasis LMF │ The Lighthill Risk Network

More speakers to be announced
Agenda
Welcome
UK CGFI │ University of Leeds
Research Theme Update - four of the biggest challenges facing the insurance sector
Dickie Whitaker
Oasis LMF │ The Lighthill Risk Network
How much physical risk can already be attributed to climate change, and what level of future risk is already locked in?
Dr Nicholas Leach
University of Oxford
Prof Ralf Toumi
UK CGFI │Imperial College London
High resolution information and downscaling
Prof Pier Luigi Vidale
NCAS│EERIE
Dr Ségolène Berthou
Met Office
Potential for improved decadal scale forecasts
Dr Adrian Champion
Aon
Dr Laura Dawkins
Met Office
Large Scale Earth System Climate Tipping Points
Dr Tom Phlip
Maximum Information
Breaching Points
Prof Iain Clacher
UK CGFI │ University of Leeds
Amir Sethu
MS Amlin
Wider Reseach Activity
Dr Matthew Priestley
RMetS
Next Steps and Closing Remarks
Prof Jason Lowe OBE
UK CGFI │ Met Office