Pricing Climate Volatility in 2026: Insurance, Banking, and the Future of Risk Capital
How insurers, reinsurers, and financial institutions are recalibrating underwriting, capital allocation, and resilience strategy as climate volatility persists
Description
As climate volatility continues to shape global insurance and financial markets, insurers, reinsurers, and lenders are reevaluating how risk is priced, transferred, and financed. This discussion brings together leaders across risk management, underwriting, and capital markets to explore how institutions are responding to a shifting risk landscape. The conversation will examine how organizations are reassessing portfolio exposure, adjusting capital allocation strategies, and navigating evolving reinsurance and capital markets conditions. Participants will also discuss the growing role of catastrophe bonds and other alternative capital in distributing climate risk, and how institutions are balancing increased market capacity with the reality of persistent climate volatility.
Background
Climate volatility is increasingly reshaping the global risk-transfer landscape. Early 2026 market signals suggest a changing environment: reinsurance pricing softened at January renewals as underwriting capacity expanded, while alternative capital—particularly catastrophe bonds and insurance-linked securities—continues to grow rapidly. At the same time, extreme weather events remain structurally …
Date: 2026-04-24
Time (ET): 2:00 PM EDT, Apr 24, 2026
Time (Local): 6:00 PM UTC, Apr 24, 2026
Location: online