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The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) published today its third paper
in a series of papers on the methodological principles of insurance
stress testing.
In particular, the paper sets out methodological principles that can be used to design bottom-up stress test exercises that aim to assess the vulnerability of insurers to climate risks. Although the emergence of climate risks is relatively recent compared to other insurance-specific and financial risks, incorporating them has rapidly become a priority for policymakers and supervisors alike.
Hence, any climate change stress test at this stage should be considered as part of a learning curve for industry and supervisors that is bound to evolve in the future. Already now, climate stress testing is an important tool to:
Amid the increasing consideration given to climate risks by the insurance industry and by supervisors at a European and global level, and in the absence of a commonly adopted climate stress testing framework for the insurance sector in the European Union, the paper presents conceptual approaches to the assessment of the climate risks for insurers under adverse scenarios.
The paper also took into account the feedback provided by stakeholders during the public consultation.