2018 Milestones

Intact signed on to the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI), a global best-practice sustainability framework for the insurance industry to address ESG risks.

Intact is a participant in a pilot project of the UNEP FI with 16 other insurers around the world focused on the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Report and aiming to develop a new generation of risk assessment tools designed to enable the insurance industry to better understand the impacts of climate change on its business.

Intact co-hosted the global forum on climate-resilient critical infrastructure organized by the Geneva Association, the leading international think tank of the insurance industry. Participants engaged in discussions on critical infrastructure, prioritizing climate change mitigation and adaptation, challenges and opportunities for scaling up private investments in climate-resilience, and the insurance industry's role as underwriters, risk managers and investors.

Our CEO, Charles Brindamour, addressed global political leaders and experts at the G7 Environment, Oceans and Energy Ministers meeting in Halifax on September 19, 2018. On an Adaptation and Conserving Nature panel, he spoke about the role of the insurance industry and public-private partnerships to address the critical need of building climate resilient infrastructure.