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AM Best to Participate in Climate-Related Panel Discussion at Reinsurance Association of America’s Upcoming Conference

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Chief Rating Officer Stefan Holzberger will participate in a panel discussion on climate preparedness at the Reinsurance Association of America’s (RAA) Re Ed event, which will be held in Orlando, FL, from May 23-26, 2022. Holzberger will participate in a session, titled, “Climate Preparedness: Insurers, Regulators, & Rating Agencies,” which is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, May 24.

The panel discussion will be moderated by RAA President Franklin Nutter and include: Cathal Carr, senior vice president, RenaissanceRe; Jeff Huebner, chief risk officer, CSAA Insurance Group; and Jeff Czajkowski, director, Center for Insurance Policy and Research, National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

The panelists will address climate preparedness from a variety of perspectives, including how companies should deal with regulators or boards on how they think about climate change; how regulators can hold companies accountable for climate change; the different approaches or opinions that regulators and rating agencies have about climate preparedness; and the extent of AM Best or NAIC climate disclosures.

The RAA is the leading trade association of property and casualty reinsurers doing business in the United States. For more information, please visit the RAA Re Ed’s event page.

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

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Christopher Sharkey
Manager, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5159
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Jeff Mango
Managing Director,
Strategy & Communications
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5204
jeffrey.mango@ambest.com

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Contacts

Christopher Sharkey
Manager, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5159
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Jeff Mango
Managing Director,
Strategy & Communications
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5204
jeffrey.mango@ambest.com

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