Net Zero Festival: Insurance can play a role beyond 'picking up the tab when things go wrong'

Stuart Stone
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Joe Dutton, energy innovation lead at AXIS Capital - Credit: Jonathan Blackham Photography
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Joe Dutton, energy innovation lead at AXIS Capital - Credit: Jonathan Blackham Photography

AXIS Capital’s Joe Dutton explains how insurance is both 'on the front line' of climate change and playing a key role in enabling the clean energy transition

Extreme weather events such Hurricane Milton and its estimated $55bn worth of damages may have recently highlighted the insurance industry's unique position on the front lines if climate crisis, but the...

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