Simon Beale

Chief Executive Officer, MS Amlin

“The effects of climate change are increasingly evident, as is the need for the (re)insurance industry to play a leadership role in understanding the risks, promoting the response and increasing the world’s resilience to climate change. MS Amlin values the opportunity to collaborate with other industry practitioners to support the ClimateWise agenda.”

Dominic Christian

Global Chairman Reinsurance Solutions at Aon

“Aon has all too often seen the impact of weather-related events on individuals, families, communities and societies. Reinsurance plays a not inconsiderable part in mitigating the impact of Mother Nature, but still needs to do a better job in understanding more precisely the growing impact of climate change on clients across the Globe.”

Stephen Catlin

Special Advisor to XL’s Chief Executive Officer, XL Group plc

“I hope my other roles as Chairman-elect of the International Insurance Society (IIS) and Chairman of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF) benefit the work of the Council as I can co-ordinate and align all organisations. I believe there is an urgent need to address the current misalignment between the need for sustainable investment activities, on the one hand, and a limiting regulatory environment on the other.”

Rowan Douglas CBE

CEO for Capital, Science and Policy Practice, Willis Towers Watson

“There is growing recognition of the critical role that insurance and its related capabilities play: from science and modelling, to disaster reduction and humanitarian responses, to building national and community resilience. A particular opportunity is to help regulators and other authorities from outside re/insurance learn about the hard-won lessons, and the approach towards disclosure and risk management that our sector has developed over the last two decades, to see how this might be applied more widely.”

Jon Dye

CEO, Allianz UK

“As an industry that is both highly sensitive to extreme weather and a major institutional investor, we have a responsibility to anticipate the risks of climate change, care for customers who have to deal with the inevitable changes and enable the transition to a low carbon society.”

Huw Evans

Director General, Association of British Insurers (ABI)

“The ClimateWise Council offers a great opportunity to deepen regulators’ understanding and engagement with climate change.”

Alex Hindson

Chief Risk Officer, ArgoGlobal

“ArgoGlobal has determined that climate change is a key enterprise risk. We will therefore benefit from access to the Council to understand the direction and trends on climate governance in the insurance industry.”

Mike Krefta

CEO, Hiscox Re and ILS

“Discussion of climate-related risk is rightly rising to the top of both the business and media agenda, and insurance has a tangible and practical role to play in the debate.  The industry expertise that the Insurance Advisory Council brings together will boost our collective thinking and response, and as someone who is incredibly passionate about the environment I am delighted to be involved.”

Tavaziva Madzinga

CEO, Swiss Re

“The effects of climate change are already evident and shaking up our risk landscape. The management of these risks is one of the greatest challenges facing society today and we must all work together to address these risks and embrace related opportunities. The importance of a strong societal response, across private and public sectors cannot be understated, and the time to act is now. Swiss Re completely endorses the ClimateWise principles, as these are the principles we try to live by. We strive to continuously make a valuable contribution to enhance the work of ClimateWise, at what we feel is a crucial time for change.”

William McDonnell

Chief Risk Officer, RSA Insurance

Sean McGovern

General Counsel, AXA XL

“At AXA XL we are committed to advancing knowledge of climate change, so that we can play our part in helping the world to become more resilient. I’m proud to be part of the ClimateWise Advisory Council, enabling our industry to come together to better tackle the impacts of such critical risks to our communities.” 

Vivek Syal

Group Chief Risk Officer, Tokio Marine Kiln Group Limited

“The combination of increased attention on climate change and the leadership / influence of the collective insurance sector provides a unique opportunity for us all to both protect our planet and transform the lives of those most vulnerable to its rising challenge. The ClimateWise Advisory Council provides a pathway for us to come together to make this a reality to support a cause that I am passionate about and carry out with utmost care and attention.”

John Scott

Head of Sustainability Risk, Zurich Insurance plc

“Our commitment to the Climatewise Insurance Advisory Council, the Climate Risk Statement of the Geneva Association and through joining the Paris Pledge for Action, is to help policymakers fully understand the nature of climate change risks and identify opportunities to support system-wide responses to climate change.”

Patrick Tiernan

Managing Director, Aviva Global Corporate & Specialty

“Aviva and I are passionately committed to the prevention agenda for our customers and our communities, particularly in areas such as climate risk where we can play a leading global role on their behalf. The Council brings leadership focus and global expertise in risk management, modelling and data analytics to the challenge of building greater resilience into local and global systems to respond to climate change.”

Steve Weinstein

Group General Counsel and Chair, RenaissanceRe Risk Sciences Foundation, RenaissanceRe

“We believe strongly to address the rising risks of climate related natural disasters, and to close the insurance protection gap, governments, regulators, academics, private sector firms and other leaders must collaborate. I am honoured to join the Council and further RenaissanceRe’s commitment to fostering partnerships amongst the insurance sector, regulators and policymakers worldwide, and the climate and resiliency communities.”