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Berkshire's 'huge appetite' for wind and solar assets
08 May 2017Berkshire Hathaway, the holding company of about 70 re/insurance companies globally, has a "huge appetite" for solar and wind power projects, according to chief executive Warren Buffett.
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Zurich's CIO explains the importance of ESG
08 May 2017Urban Angehrn oversees Zurich Insurance Group's $190 billion asset book. With no pure asset management business in the group, he talks to Asa Gibson about how responsible investment fits in with its asset management selection process.
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Allianz rejects calls to expand its coal divestment policy to its asset management and underwriting businesses
04 May 2017Allianz told its annual general meeting (AGM) that it has divested €225 million of ($245.7 million) of coal holdings, but it rejected a call to expand its coal divestment pledge to its asset management and underwriting business.
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Allianz-led consortium acquires UK's largest water-only supplier
02 May 2017An Allianz-led consortium has agreed to acquire the UK's largest water-only supplier, Affinity Water.
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Comment: Insurers need to move from climate talk to climate action
28 April 2017Could Axa's decision this week to stop underwriting coal projects be copied by the rest of the insurance sector, asks Peter Bosshard
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Axa's investment arm follows insurer in coal divestment
25 April 2017Axa Investment Managers (IM) has followed in the footsteps of its insurance arm by committing to divest its holdings in companies that derive 50% or more of their revenues from coal.
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Q&A with Paul Byrne on QBE Insurance's inaugural green bond
20 April 2017QBE Insurance Group is gearing up to issue the sector's first green bond, Paul Byrne its group treasurer speaks to Environmental Finance exclusively
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First green bond from an insurer is launched
19 April 2017The first green bond from an insurance company has hit the market. Its proceeds will be used to finance and refinance a green bond portfolio.
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Insurers' strategic responses to climate change
11 April 2017The third and final part of this series of features about the insurance sector looks at group level responses to climate change. Peter Cripps reports
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Aviva joins Climate Neutral Now
10 April 2017Aviva has become the first insurance company to join the UN's Climate Neutral Now campaign, committing to maintain its zero-carbon operations status.