Actuarial Organizations Publish Collaborative Report Synthesizing Scientific Knowledge on Climate Change With Focus on Potential Impact to Insurance Industry

The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS), Canadian Institute of Actuaries, Society of Actuaries, and the American Academy of Actuaries’ Property/Casualty Extreme Events Committee, with input from the CAS’s Climate Index Working Group, have published a report, “Determining the Impact of Climate Change on Insurance Risk and the Global Community,” responding to the emerging risk of climate change by collaborating to recommend, support, and perform research on climate change and assess the potential risk management implications for the insurance industry.