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Zurich chooses Columbia Threadneedle to manage ESG equity strategy
21 February 2017Swiss insurer Zurich's German business has appointed Columbia Threadneedle Investments to manage its new European equity environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.
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Australian prudential regulator warns of climate-change investment risks
20 February 2017The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (Apra) has told general insurers it supervises to focus more on climate-related risks when making investment decisions.
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Flood Re reveals contrasts in UK insurers' flood modelling
13 February 2017Britain's flood reinsurance programme has exposed insurers' ability to model and manage flood risk, as Flood Re's chief actuary Gary McInally discusses with Christopher Cundy
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Why Allianz is investing where the wind blows
10 February 2017Allianz's in-house alternative asset manager has closed four tax equity investments in US wind farms in only 12 months, and plans more in 2017. Head of renewables at Allianz Capital Partners David Jones talks to Asa Gibson about the firm's American wind adventure.
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Premiums 4 Good: redefining the role of insurance in society
07 February 2017An initiative from QBE allows the insurer's customers to opt to have up to 25% of their premiums invested responsibly. Tom Herbstein and Andrew Voysey explain why the initiative is an important development
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Amarenco signs €1bn renewables deal with Prudential
03 February 2017Irish renewable energy developer Amarenco has entered into a €1 billion ($1.07 billion) joint venture with Infracapital, the infrastructure arm of insurance giant Prudential.
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Weather hedging could save wind farms $56bn, says insurer
31 January 2017Wind energy investors are losing some $56 billion in 'untapped asset values' as a result of their failure to transfer weather risk efficiently, according to an insurance underwriter.
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Zurich invests €100m in local German sustainability bond
26 January 2017Zurich Insurance Group's German operation has invested €100 million ($107 million) in 'sustainability bonds' issued by the province of North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Californian insurers' $521bn in fossil fuel assets revealed
24 January 2017Insurers operating in California have $521bn invested in fossil fuel-related securities, according to the state's insurance commissioner Dave Jones.
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Pimco launches global ESG investment platform
19 January 2017Asset manager Pimco has launched a dedicated environmental, social and governance (ESG) global investment platform, offering a range of fixed-income solutions to investors.