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AM Best Webinar to Focus on State of ESG Adoption Across (Re)Insurance Industry

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best will host a complimentary webinar on Tuesday, 17 November 2020, at 2 p.m. GMT (9 a.m. EST), to explore key results of the rating agency’s recently conducted survey of insurance companies on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. Among the takeaways from these survey results, included in a new Best’s Special Report, is that significant divergences exist in expectations between regulators and (re)insurance businesses. During the event, senior AM Best analysts also will discuss modifications to Best’s Credit Rating Methodology relating to ESG factors and key implications of ESG adoption for the insurance industry.

Register now at www.ambest.com/webinars/ESG

Panelists include:

  • Ghislain Le Cam, director, analytics, AM Best;
  • Maura McGuigan, director, credit rating criteria, AM Best;
  • Jessica Botelho-Young, associate director, analytics, AM Best;
  • Pascal Christory, group chief investment officer, AXA; and
  • Richard Banks, director, industry research, AM Best (Moderator).

Attendees can submit advance questions during registration or by emailing webinars@ambest.com. The webinar will be conducted in English. Playback will be available to registered viewers shortly after the event.

To view the Best’s Special Report, titled, “Insurers and Reinsurers: Ignoring ESG Factors Poses Reputational Risk,” please visit http://www3.ambest.com/bestweek/purchase.asp?record_code=303134.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specialising in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

Copyright © 2020 by A.M. Best Company, Inc. and/or its affiliates. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Contacts

Edem Kuenyehia
Director, Market Development & Communications
+44 20 7397 0280
edem.kuenyehia@ambest.com

Jim Peavy
Director, Communications
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644
james.peavy@ambest.com

AM Best


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Contacts

Edem Kuenyehia
Director, Market Development & Communications
+44 20 7397 0280
edem.kuenyehia@ambest.com

Jim Peavy
Director, Communications
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644
james.peavy@ambest.com

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