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Insurance Europe cautions establishing green bond standard before finalising EU Taxonomy

Proposed standard will facilitate investors' trust in the green bond market, lobby group said

Focus more on adaptation, Insurance Europe says

European re/insurers believe that even if radical measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were adopted, it would no longer be enough to mitigate climate change.

European insurers demand more sustainable investments

Insurance Europe, which represents most of the continent's insurance industry, has reiterated calls for the European Commission to increase the supply of suitable sustainable investments. It also called for increased access to environmental, social and governance (ESG) data, and asked the Commission to ensure proportionate ESG rules.

Industry heads call for ESG data register across EU

Keep TCFD recommendations voluntary, says Insurance Europe

Lobby group responds to IAIS climate disclosure paper

EU's sustainability taxonomy 'should not meddle with Solvency II capital requirements'

Solvency II capital requirements should be used to measure and capture risks and not as a base to artificially create incentives or disincentives to investing, Europe's insurance lobbying group has said.

Surviving climate change needs adaptation as much as insurance

EU insurers warn of overreliance on government post-disaster funding

HLEG calls for increased climate risk disclosure by insurers

Greater disclosure and analysis of climate risk by insurers, as well as Solvency II reforms, are among the suggestions in HLEG's final report which aim to make Europe's finance sector more sustainable.