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  • New York State Retirement Fund supports proposal to stop underwriting fossil fuels

    27 April 2022

    The New York State comptroller has pledged to support of shareholder proposals that ask three insurance companies to stop underwriting new fossil fuel supplies.

  • The Hartford commits to net-zero by 2050

    08 April 2022
  • US insurers still behind Europeans on climate scorecard

    04 November 2021

    Insure Our Future identifies major climate and fossil fuel laggards

  • Insurers' oil and gas activities to be next under spotlight

    18 June 2020

    Re/insurers around the world should limit their support for oil and gas projects and have until mid-September to explain the measures they are taking to reduce exposure to the sector, according to environmental NGOs.

  • What will 2020 bring for coal insurance?

    15 January 2020

    The year ahead could see new insurers join the industry's shift away from coal, says Peter Bosshard.

  • The Hartford announces coal divestment policy

    24 December 2019

    US insurer The Hartford will no longer invest in companies that generate more than 25% of their revenue from fossil fuels, whether it be the mining of, or energy production from coal, or extraction of oil from tar sands, according to its new policy.