Climate change is accelerating economic losses across sectors and regions, straining businesses, governments, and households. With 2024 set to become the warmest year on record and Europe identified as the fastest warming continent in the world, urgency for coordinated action has never been greater.
EIOPA’s 2025 Sustainable Finance Conference will gather regulators, industry and stakeholders to critically assess recent developments and identified challenges and explore solutions to deliver on sustainability goals. Natural catastrophes caused more than EUR 900 bn in direct economic losses in the EEA between 1980 and 2023, with more than 18% of the losses over this 43-year period having occurred in the last three years. This trend underscores the critical role of insurance and occupational pensions sectors in managing sustainability risks, fostering societal resilience and financing the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Addressing sustainability risks and opportunities remains a strategic priority for EIOPA, to enhance financial resilience and consumer protection, as well as secure financial stability.
The video recording of the conference, available now on YouTube.
Please find the detailed conference agenda below.
Keynote speech by Petra Hielkema at the EIOPA Sustainable Finance Conference
- insurance | sustainable finance
- Thursday 13 March 2025, 10:00 - 15:30 (CET)
- Online only
Programme
- 13 Mar 2025, 10:00 - 12:40 (CET)MORNING SESSION
10:00 - 10:05 Welcome and introduction - Carlos Guiné, EIOPA, Head of Horizontal Unit Sustainability
10:05 - 10:20 Opening address - Petra Hielkema, EIOPA, Chairperson
10:20 - 10:35 Keynote speech - Teresa Ribera, European Commission’s Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition
10:35 - 10:50 Keynote speech - Eero Heinäluoma, Member of the European Parliament
10:50 - 11:10 Fireside chat: EIOPA-ECB publication - towards a European system for national catastrophe risk management
Moderator: Pamela Schuermans, EIOPA, Principal Expert Risk and Financial Stability
Petra Hielkema, EIOPA, Chairperson
Luis de Guindos, ECB, Vice-President11:10 - 11:20 Coffee break
11:20 - 12:10 Panel discussion: European system for natural catastrophe risk management
Moderator: Dimitris Zafeiris, EIOPA, Head of Risk and Financial Stability Department
Panellists: Seana Cunningham, CBI, Director of Insurance Supervision
Nicoletta Mascher, ESM, Head, Financial Sector and Market Analysis
Francesca Utili, Italian Department of the Treasury, Director-General for International Financial Relations
Gilles Noblet, ECB, Principal Advisor in DG International & European Relations12:10 - 12:40 Awareness tool for natural catastrophe risks and prevention measures -Marie Scholer, EIOPA, Senior Expert Sustainable Finance
- 12:40 - 13:30 (CET)Lunch break
- 13:30 - 15:30 (CET)AFTERNOON SESSION
13:30 - 14:00 One-off “Fit-for-55” Climate Scenario Analysis - Key Results - Eveline Piturca, EIOPA, Team Leader Risk assessment
14:00 - 14:50 Panel discussion: Solvency II sustainability risk plans
Moderator: Ana Teresa Moutinho, EIOPA, Head of Oversight Department
Panellists: Rui Esteves, Fidelidade, Director Statistics and Non-life Technical Studies
Silvia Fernandez Hernando, European Commission’s DG FISMA, Policy Officer
Evelyne Massé, ACPR, First Deputy Secretary General
Gemma Sanchez Danes, EFRAG, Lead on Insurance Standards14:50 - 15:20 Platform Sustainable Finance – Main deliverables - Helena Viñes Fiestas, EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, Chair
15:20 - 15:30 Concluding remarks - Carlos Guiné, EIOPA, Head of Horizontal Unit Sustainability
Speakers
Practical information
- When
- Thursday 13 March 2025, 10:00 - 15:30 (CET)
- Where
- Online only
- Languages
- English