Insurance Uncut: Climate change and the insurance protection gap

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This week we talk to Lara Palmer and Simon Coomber from LCP about climate change and the protection gap within the insurance market, in particular looking at what actions we can take.

We discuss:

• Pledges institutional investors are making to encourage the UK Government to take action on climate change.
• The rising concern about the protection gap and poverty premium within insurance and how climate change may worsen these issues further.
• Latest developments on scenario analysis for climate change.

Any recommendations?

• Using investor influence to combat climate change - LCP’s five climate policy asks
• LCP's responsible investment manager survey