Sustainability and the Insurance Market

Trends and Challenges
2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-72185-4
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 261 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 569 g

Reihe: AIDA Europe Research Series on Insurance Law and Regulation

This open access book focuses on the regulatory framework for the sustainability of the insurance market. It analyzes its potential impact on insurance undertakings governance and product design. The book is structured into three parts. It firstly explores the general framework on the sustainability for the insurance market, focusing on the regulation at the European Union level. Secondly, it examines sustainability and insurers' governance, including topics like sustainable investments and ESG factors. Finally, the book turns to sustainability and insurance products, addressing agricultural insurance systems and pensions.

The book is aimed at academics, policymakers, and professionals in the insurance sector.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bataller-Grau, Juan

Marano, Pierpaolo

Kawinski, Marcin

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Bank- und Versicherungsrecht Versicherungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Handels-, Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftsrecht, Währungsrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Versicherungswirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I – The General Framework on the Sustainability for the Insurance Market: Principles for Sustainable Insurance: The European Perspective Sustainability Reporting Regulation: A Perspective Since the Insurance Market Sustainability of the EU Insurance Markets and Adequacy of Insurance Regulation – Solvency II and ESG The Multiple Functions of Insurers in the Blue Economy Part II – Sustainability and Insurers’ Governance: The Relevance of Governance in the Insurance Sector Within the Framework of Sustainable Investments Sustainable Investment Challenges from the Perspective of Insurance Companies in the European and Polish Market Rating “Social” within the EU law on the ESG Factors: The Relevance for the Insurance Industry and the Risk of “Social Washing” Part III – Sustainability and Insurance Products: Pre-Contractual ESG Disclosure on Insurance-Based Investment Products Sustainability of Agricultural Insurance Systems: Challenges from a European Approach Pension and Sustainability. The Case of Employee Capital Plans in Poland

Über Autor(innen)

Juan Bataller-Grau is a full professor of Business Law at Universitat de València in Spain.

Marcin Kawinski is Associate Professor at Warsaw School of Economics and Head of Social Insurance Department.

Pierpaolo Marano is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, Management and Accounting of the University of Malta, the Faculty of Economics at Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy, and a Full Professor at the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics at the University of Latvia, Riga.