Interview with author Michele Wucker: on “gray rhinos” and climate crisis.
Illuminem
March 20, 2024
This blog-piece is my third conversation with Michele Wucker. I am really grateful that despite her demanding schedule – Michele carved out time to address my curiosity and concerns. The first two of my pieces were around her compelling bestsellers – ‘The Gray Rhino’ and ‘You Are What You Risk’.
That a seminal author and thinker of her calibre devotes increasing bandwidth to insurance, is a blessing.
The timing couldn’t have been better. She is reading the writing on the wall when #insurers seem afflicted with myopia. The#NZIA has abdicated; actuaries, accountants and auditors prefer going with the flow; rating agencies do not seem inclined to assert; the #IAIS has outsourced some critical issues to UNEPFI; #IFRS has onboard an ISSB which ignores double materiality and #SBTi must demonstrate it is indeed what the name suggests.
This list – and the ever-growing challenges – keeps expanding as time runs out. While the #grayrhinos hurtle towards us, we have chosen to be ostriches!
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