As the energy transition gathers pace, banks are under pressure to originate and structure increasingly complex clean infrastructure deals, many of which operate in emerging technologies, geographies, and regulatory regimes. As such, for many energy origination teams, navigating project risk, and unlocking fresh liquidity, across the full lifecycle has become a strategic imperative. However, aligning bankable risk structures with evolving insurance market appetite – to strike the right balance between risk and reward, remains a persistent challenge.

This private roundtable brings together senior origination, credit, and insurance specialists to unpack how lenders and insurers can work more closely together to unlock more long-term market liquidity. This is imperative, if both sectors are to work more effectively together to bring new, critical, energy projects and portfolios to the market.

Key themes of this important industry roundtable will include:

• The perils of misalignment in risk tolerance, definitions, and time horizons between lenders and insurers – how can we ensure that lenders and insurers are aligned?
• Tackling the gap between financial close requirements and available insurance products (e.g. construction delay, performance guarantees, force majeure, etc)
• The impact of emerging technologies and first-of-a-kind projects on both bankability and insurability – is there such a thing as too much innovation? How to overcome it?
• Exploring opportunities for earlier, more integrated engagement across the financing and risk structuring process – natural evolution or wishful thinking?

This private roundtable seeks to create an open, practical dialogue between originators and insurance market participants, focused on building mutual understanding and uncovering opportunities for more collaborative, risk-aligned deal structuring. We believe that this is crucial for scaling clean infrastructure investment at pace.