SUSTAIN Festival 2026

Join responsible investment NGO ShareAction for a discussion on ESG standards in insurance and what emerging best practice looks like across underwriting and investments. Drawing on benchmarking research and practitioner engagement, we’ll explore where the sector is progressing, where gaps remain, and discuss what practical steps can help move the industry forward.

A webinar tackling the critical topic of how insurance can innovate to address rising insurability challenges. 

This session will include key statistics from Guy Carpenter's annual broker survey on how reinsurance markets are responding to climate change, and case studies of how resilience is being embedded into risk financing. Some examples will include Marsh’s collaboration with the World Economic Forum on insurability, as well as the recently issued resilience bond for North Carolina, which incorporates disaster-resilience features.

Join Hiscox and guests for a panel discussion on humanitarian insurance, closing the gap and building resilience, with networking opportunities. 

Facilitator: Panay Koulovasilopoulos, Head of Climate and Resilience, Hiscox
Speaker: Kipkorir Koskei, Director Strategic Partnerships and Policy, Insurance Development Forum
Speaker: Alastair Norris, Climate and Disaster Risk Consultant
Speaker: Anna Farina, Head of Crisis Anticipation and Disaster Risk Financing, START Network

Building trust through partnership: Mitigating the financial impacts of disasters and accelerating long-term resilience in a resource-contracting world; 

Locations with high exposure to natural hazards, limited insurance market capacity and fragmented risk management practices have made it difficult for local and regional contractors to obtain adequate insurance coverage for donor-funded infrastructure projects or disaster relief. These challenges threaten both the financial and climate resilience of critical infrastructure and the communities they serve.

We have seen some dramatic changes in the donor funding landscape over the past year or so. How can insurance support closing the gap?