Archive

  • French regulator highlights lack of consistency and granularity in insurers' climate disclosures

    22 January 2024

    French life insurers' climate disclosures relating to their investment strategies are heterogeneous, incomplete and lack granularity, according to the French prudential regulator, Autorité de Contrôle Prudentiel et de Résolution (ACPR).

  • Vidia Equity acquires German solar installer

    22 January 2024
  • Choose insurers based on climate policy engagement, pensions trustees told

    10 January 2024
  • Banks and insurers could harness Dutch climate adaptation label - Achmea

    24 December 2023

    A proposed label to show the climate risks faced by properties could be used by banks and insurers in the Netherlands to promote investment in adaptation, an executive at Achmea has said.

  • EIOPA proposes capital charges on fossil fuel assets

    13 December 2023

    Fossil fuel-related stocks and bonds pose higher market risks to insurers that could be mitigated via additional capital charges on these assets, the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has suggested.

  • EIOPA proposes four principles to prevent greenwashing in insurance

    12 December 2023

    The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has today opened a consultation on its draft opinion on sustainability claims and greenwashing.

  • COP28: Sovereign sustainability-linked finance task force launched

    05 December 2023

    Eight development banks and financial institutions have launched a technical task force to support the development and growth of the sustainability-linked finance market for sovereign issuers to achieve global climate and nature goals.

  • COP28: US insurers propose plan to ensure insurance cover as catastrophes grow

    01 December 2023

    The US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has proposed a national climate resilience strategy to help ensure the availability of property insurance in the face of severe disasters.

  • It's time for the insurance industry to lead on climate action

    28 November 2023

    As the Geneva Association celebrates its 50th anniversary, the world's insurance companies must heed their own warnings and move into the vanguard of corporate climate action, writes Peter Bosshard

  • Lloyd's launches framework to assist market in transition to net zero

    24 November 2023

    Lloyd's of London has launched its long-awaited draft roadmap for how the re/insurance market will approach the transition to net-zero emissions.