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Zurich eyes infrastructure for its $5bn impact investment strategy
02 July 2018Zurich Insurance's impact investment strategy is about to trial new ground. The insurer said last week that it would explore the potential of infrastructure investments as part of its $5 billion impact commitment.
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Swiss Re sets thermal coal re/insurance threshold
02 July 2018Swiss Re will, from today, no longer provide re/insurance services to businesses with more than 30% exposure to thermal coal. The group already applies the same 30% threshold to the asset side of its balance sheet.
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73% of German insurers' investments are 'sustainable'
27 June 2018Almost half want to make more ESG allocations
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Japan Post Insurance is sole investor in World Bank's SDG bond
27 June 2018Japan Post Insurance, a life insurance company within the Japan Post Group, was the sole investor in a sustainable development bond issued earlier this month by the World Bank.
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Economic case for ESG investing is valid, says Swiss Re
26 June 2018Insurance giant Swiss Re, which in July 2017 committed to using benchmarks based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, rather than market-capitalisation, has concluded that "the economic case for ESG investing is a valid one."
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UN sets insurance sustainability goals for cities
22 June 2018Insurance Industry Development Goals cover risk management, insurance and investment activities
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Hannover Re is latest insurer to 'exit coal'
20 June 2018Hannover Re is set to become the latest reinsurer to sell some of its coal-related investments.
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Impact investing or impact washing?
19 June 2018Insurers say they can find financial value in ESG investing, but they have to be wise to investments that don't deliver on their stated goals. And while ESG can mean different things to different stakeholders, a push for standardisation is not always welcome, according to panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's 2018 EMEA conference. Vincent Huck reports
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Why SwissRe stripped two green bonds of their green label
19 June 2018SwissRe last year disrobed two green bonds of their green label because it was unhappy with their sustainability reporting.
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Nippon Life invests in sustainable equity fund
05 June 2018Japanese insurer Nippon Life has launched a JPY5bn ($45.5m) equity fund that invests according to the UN's sustainable development goals (SDGs).