Archive

  • Results: Environmental Finance's 8th Annual Deals of the Year Awards

    01 April 2015

    Environmental Finance has revealed the winners of its 8th Annual Deals of the Year Awards.

  • Deals of the Year 2015

    01 April 2015

    The low-interest, low-yield environment of recent years has been a curse for many investors, but it has, at least, helped advance renewables' cause.

  • Weather: Swiss Re's solar energy hedge in China

    01 April 2015

    Europe has dominated the rapid growth in solar power for most of the past decade but, in the past two years, the balance of power has swung decisively toward Asia.

  • Insurers face mounting risks in coastal cities, says industry chief

    04 November 2014

    The combination of climate change and rapid urbanisation may create new reputational risks for insurance companies by triggering "persistent price increases" and capacity shortages, warned John Coomber, CEO of the UK's Pension Insurance Corporation.

  • Dealing with the changing climate

    22 October 2014

    Weather risk management is becoming increasingly entrenched within Europe's energy sector. But shifting regulatory winds promise to change its complexion. Mark Nicholls reports

  • New study will examine emerging risks facing energy finance

    01 October 2014

    A study into the changing risks facing investments in energy infrastructure has been launched by the World Energy Council in partnership with the re/insurance company Swiss Re and advisory firm Marsh & McLennan.

  • Swiss Re to provide $10bn for climate risk by 2020

    24 September 2014

    Swiss Re will offer up to $10 billion in insurance capacity and expertise to deal with climate-related risks over the next five years, CEO Michel Liès told the UN Climate Summit in New York.

  • Bank of America, GE, Schlumberger dropped from Dow Jones sustainability index

    11 September 2014

    General Electric, Bank of America Corp and Schlumberger have all been dropped from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) this year, following an annual review of constituents carried out by sustainable investment specialist RobecoSAM.

  • First-half catastrophe losses fall to $21bn, says Swiss Re

    27 August 2014

    First-half catastrophe losses, both natural and man-made, are likely to cost the re/insurance market in the region of $21 billion, according to analysis by Swiss Re.

  • Weather and Catastrophe Risk: The winds of change

    09 December 2013

    Winners in the weather risk market are increasingly seeing demand for risk protection broaden beyond the conventional energy market. Elza Holmstedt Pell reports