Archive

  • CA100+ investors welcome SBTi validation of ČEZ targets

    18 July 2022
  • Insurers begin long countdown to net zero - part two

    07 March 2022

    Some of the world's biggest insurers have joined the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance. But should they still be underwriting fossil fuels, asks Thomas Cox

  • Insurers begin long countdown to net zero

    04 March 2022

    Some of the world's biggest insurers have joined the Net Zero Insurance Alliance. What challenges have they confronted so far, asks Thomas Cox

  • Dutch MEP decries privatisation of ESG data important to insurers

    04 February 2022

    Kieler Rück CEO calls European Single Access Point a "game changer"

  • Engagement should not be an excuse for inaction on climate change

    04 January 2022

    Insurance companies need to show progress in their climate dialogue or stop underwriting oil and gas production, writes Peter Bosshard

  • Insurance giants form Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

    12 July 2021
  • Generali issues first 'green' cat bond

    28 June 2021

    Italian insurer Generali has sponsored a €200 million ($239 million) 'green' catastrophe (cat) bond, believed to be the first 'green' insurance-linked security (ILS) ever issued.

  • Green bond comment, February 2021: Is it time for social bond focused investors to join their green peers?

    03 February 2021
  • 2021 could see 'practical application' of ESG in cat bond market

    04 January 2021

    An environmental, social and governance (ESG)-linked catastrophe (cat) bond could emerge in 2021, a senior (re)insurance broker told Environmental Finance, as sponsors and investors continue to show interest in the innovative instrument

  • News round-up: US exits Paris Agreement, Willis Towers Watson, PACTA and Generali

    04 November 2020