Insurers must make voices heard on uninsurable events, urges Denmark's former Prime Minister

Helle Thorning-Schmidt
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Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the former prime minister of Denmark, has urged the insurance industry to share fears and cost analyses on uninsurable events to make governments accountable for action on climate change and pandemics.

Speaking at a virtual Aon event today, Thorning-Schmidt, pictured, said: “Insurance is at the receiving end of all the crises that we see now. We see [that with] the fires in California. And we see

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ABI insists fire safety scheme is temporary

Mervyn Skeet, the Association of British Insurers’ director of general insurance, has outlined how the trade body will ensure the Fire Safety Reinsurance Scheme will only last three to five years, and how it will should end criticism of brokers earning commission for arranging cover.

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