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Europe's March cyclone estimated to cost insurers €740m
23 April 2019Estimated insured losses from last month's cyclone Dragi-Eberhard will be €740 million ($833 million), according to catastrophe insurance data provider Perils.
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French regulator calls for ‘green and brown’ taxonomy
12 April 2019France’s financial regulator has called for the rapid introduction of a formal definition of investments that are beneficial or detrimental to the environment – a so-called taxonomy of ‘green’ and ‘brown’ assets.
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Lloyd's syndicates go green in latest annual reports
08 April 2019Several syndicates in the Lloyd's of London insurance market have used their latest annual reports to highlight the dangers of climate change and how they incorporate it into their risk management practices.
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Insurers say climate change is now their top risk
08 April 2019Climate change has supplanted cyber risk as the top risk for the world's insurers, according to a recent survey.
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13% of European insurance assets exposed to climate risk
05 April 2019Eiopa tells French insurers at Paris conference
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QBE reveals coal exclusion policy
03 April 2019Australian insurer QBE will target zero direct investment in the thermal coal industry by 1 July 2019, according to its new energy policy.
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Dai-ichi Life emphasises climate change in revised investment policy
02 April 2019Japanese insurer Dai-ichi Life has revised its investment policy in line with Japan’s stewardship code, putting stronger emphasis on engagement and climate change issues.
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Nippon Life adopts the Equator Principles
02 April 2019Nippon Life Insurance said it has adopted and started implementing the Equator Principles, a risk management framework to help financial institutions assess and manage environmental and social risk in development projects.
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Japanese insurers get to grips with ESG
28 March 2019Three major Japanese insurers – Tokio Marine Group, MS&AD Insurance Group, and Nippon Life Insurance – are beginning to integrate climate risks and environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their strategies, each with its own focus area. Elena K. Johansson reports.
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Japan Post Insurance boosts ESG equities investing
19 March 2019And vouch to insource 20% of its overall equity investments