UNSW Workshop on Risk and Actuarial Frontiers
The “UNSW Workshop on Risk and Actuarial Frontiers: Climate Risk and Insurance” brought together UNSW experts and industry thought leaders to discuss the role of insurance and actuarial science in addressing climate risks. The workshop was hosted by the School of Risk and Actuarial Studies at UNSW in collaboration with the UNSW Innovations in Risk, Insurance and Superannuation (IRIS) Knowledge Hub and the UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response. The workshop addressed key issues such as climate risk projections, impact analysis, risk mitigation, insurance pricing, and insurance affordability.
The workshop featured short industry and research presentations, discussions, and networking opportunities for the 130 participants.
Session 1: Understanding climate risk
Moderator: Katja Hanewald, opens in a new window, School of Risk and Actuarial Studies (RAS), UNSW Business School
Speakers:
Ben Newell, opens in a new window (UNSW ICRR), “Climate endgame? (how) do people understand projections about future climate change?”
Alex Pui, opens in a new window (Commonwealth Bank), “Financial Risks of Climate Change: Piranhas or Red Herrings?”
Tim Neal, opens in a new window (UNSW ICRR), “The Importance of External Weather Effects in Projecting the Economic Impacts of Climate Change”
Qihe Tang, opens in a new window + Eugenia Fang (RAS), “Understanding compound weather and climate events through the lens of systemic financial crises”
James Basman, opens in a new window (Allianz), “Climate change implications for financial risk management / scenario analysis and APRA's CPG 229”
Session 2: Insurance affordability
Moderator: JK Woo, opens in a new window, School of Risk and Actuarial Studies (RAS), UNSW Business School
Speakers:
Jeremy Moss, opens in a new window (UNSW Political Philosophy), “Justice and disaster insurance”
Sharanjit Paddam, opens in a new window (Finity) “Home insurance affordability”
Alison Drill, opens in a new window (Swiss Re), “Natural disaster risk and insurance affordability”
Elaine Collins, opens in a new window (RAS), “Cyclone reinsurance pool”
Fei Huang, opens in a new window (RAS), “Fairness-welfare analysis: A framework for ethical decision-making”
Session 3: Pricing for climate risk in financial institutions
Moderator: JK Woo, opens in a new window , School of Risk and Actuarial Studies (RAS), UNSW Business School
Speakers:
Lisa Ye, opens in a new window (Suncorp), “Pricing for natural perils in general insurance”
Peiman Asadi, opens in a new window (IAG), “Pricing hailstorms in general insurance”
Matteo Malavasi (RAS), “Real option approach to flood risk management”
Patrick Laub, opens in a new window (RAS), “Dependence modelling for natural catastrophes”
Ramona Meyricke, opens in a new window (IFM), “Pricing and modelling transition risk”
Yuhao Liu, opens in a new window (RAS), “Green bond pricing”
Katja Ignatieva, opens in a new window (RAS), “Challenges in electricity price modelling due to climate change”
