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After climate, insurers seek to measure their social footprint

The Geneva Association has outlined a framework to assess insurers' impact on society. But why is it needed and how would it operate alongside existing ESG frameworks? Paul Walsh reports

Manulife: Biodiversity is biggest opportunity for private markets

Biodiversity is "arguably the biggest opportunity for private markets", and will expand beyond timberland to other types of investments including in the technology sector, an executive at Manulife has said.

Research: Transitioning insurers' portfolios

Environmental Finance's sister publication Insurance Asset Risk and J.P. Morgan Asset Management have launched the third edition of their annual research report into the sustainable investing practices of insurers.

Phoenix Group assigns £338m to Robeco-managed multi-asset climate solution

Only 23% of climate-related losses in Europe are insured, says EIOPA

Agri-forestry investment yields endangered by physical climate risks, data gaps

Folium Capital, a $900 million investor in the agriculture and forestry sector, is preparing for volatile annual returns over the next ten years, brought on by climate-induced forest fires, droughts, and pricier crop insurance.

Don't treat climate change as 'just a long-term risk', insurers told

Insurers have made good progress on identifying and managing climate risk in their own balance sheets, but they need to do more to support customers and society make the transition to net-zero emissions, according to ClimateWise.

Build up capital buffers to withstand the climate crisis, insurers told

Insurers and banks are massively underestimating climate risk, and the financial institutions' capital buffers will prove largely insufficient to cover the resulting losses, according to Finance Watch.

Eiopa: how we plan to stop insurers greenwashing

Europe's insurance authority explains its plans to address greenwashing, including how the term is defined and what measures it intends to take to prevent it, in this Q&A with Joshua Geer

Aviva moves to insure offshore wind projects