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Insurers have key role in China's sustainable growth, says Swiss Re
02 September 2019Insurers can play a key role in enabling sustainable economic growth in China due to their risk management expertise, according to Swiss Re.
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Major US insurer stops investing in or insuring coal
09 August 2019Chubb's decision reflects the increasing risks in the coal sector as a result of efforts to tackle climate change, argues Dave Jones
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Australian pension fund buys minority stake in Swiss impact firm
01 July 2019Australian pension fund Christian Super has bought a “significant” minority stake in ResponsAbility Investments, a Swiss impact asset manager.
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Scor scales up coal divestment policies
26 April 2019Insurer Scor has strengthened its coal exclusion policies, but it still falls short of alignment with the goals set by the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Australia launches HLEG-style sustainable finance initiative
27 March 2019A group of leaders and senior executives at Australia’s major banks, superannuation funds and insurance companies has been assembled to devise a sustainable finance ‘roadmap’.
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2018 cat losses will be far worse than early estimates, says JLT Re
28 January 2019Total insured catastrophe losses for 2018 will be significantly higher than the $80 billion -90 billion reported by Swiss Re, Munich Re, Aon and others, according to broker JLT Re.
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Swiss Re estimates 2018 catastrophe bill at $2.9bn
15 January 2019Swiss Re expects a bill from large catastrophes and man-made disasters of $2.9 billion for 2018 with nearly half coming from the fourth quarter alone.
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Environmentalists slam US insurers for backing coal
03 December 2018Asia-Pacific firms fare slightly better; Swiss Re and Axa earn top marks
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RMS warns of $13bn California wildfire losses
19 November 2018Total insured losses from the wildfires currently devastating large parts of California will be between $9 billion and $13 billion, predicts RMS.
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Major insurers to cooperate on climate risk tools
14 November 2018The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has announced a partnership with 16 of the world largest insurers to develop a new generation of climate risk assessment tools.