Lloyd’s CEO calls climate change the insurance industry’s ‘biggest single opportunity’

Insurance industry - changing climate and weather

From global warming to flooding and extreme storms, the events are already getting started. John Neal, CEO of the world’s oldest insurance industry marketplace, Lloyd’s of London, has called climate change the “ultimate systemic risk” but also a huge opportunity for insurers. In a recent media interview, the Lloyd’s CEO compared climate change with the impact of the pandemic. At the same time that Neal called climate change a risk in the CNBC interview, he also referred to it as the “biggest single opportunity the insurance industry has ever seen.”…

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Insurance market has appointed its first female CEO

Inside Look at Lloyds of London Office insurance market

Lloyds of London has announced that Inga Beale will be taking the new top spot after Ward steps down. The giant insurance market, Lloyd’s of London has just announced the appointment of the first female chief executive in the history of the company, who will be replacing the current CEO who had announced in July that he would be stepping down from that position. The position of CEO will be taken on by Inga Beale in January 2014, according to a statement from the company. Ahead of her appointment to…

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