Insurance, Climate Change and the Law

This book puts forward the case for a new vision of the role of the insurance industry as climate action enablers and makes proposals for insurance products and risk transfer and loss resilience structures that can support policyholders in their transition to a Net Zero economy.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Climate change: The science, the international stage, terminology, and boundaries 3. Climate change risks and the role of insurers 4. Climate change risk assessment and regulation 5. Climate-related disclosures 6. Insuring green and not insuring brown 7. Greening insurance 8. Climate-related impact investment and stewardship 9. The role of government and public-private insurance solutions 10. Conclusion: Insurers as climate action enablers

About the author

Franziska Arnold-Dwyer is Associate Professor of Law at UCL, following positions as Senior Lecturer in Insurance Law, Contract Law, and Sustainability and the Director of the Insurance, Shipping, and Aviation Law Institute at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London. She holds a Ph.D. in Commercial Law and is a qualified solicitor (England and Wales). Her research interests are insurance law and insurance solutions, and in particular the intersection of insurance contract law, insurance regulation, risk governance, and sustainability.

Product details

• Authors: Franziska Arnold-Dwyer, Franziska (Associate Professor of La Arnold-Dwyer
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032333069
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233306-9
• No. of pages: 358
• Series: Lloyd's Insurance Law Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Civil law, civil procedural law; SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change, Climate Change, LAW / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / General, LAW / Liability, LAW / Property, LAW / Insurance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Liability, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Property, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Insurance / Life, Environmental Management, Insurance Law, Environmental policy & protocols, Environment law, Environmental policy and protocols