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UN body plans TCFD-style guidelines for insurance regulators
30 April 2018The Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) initiative is aiming to launch guidelines for insurance regulators that are similar to those for companies and investors issued by the Financial Stability Board's (FSB) Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
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Africa leads the way for sustainable insurance, says PSI
23 April 2018Africa is leading the way for sustainability-focused insurers as it is facing the most immediate challenges in areas such as agriculture and resilient cities, said Butch Bacani, programme leader of the UN Environment's Principles for Sustainable Insurance initiative (PSI).
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Insurers reach 'tipping point' on climate change
29 November 2017Concerns about climate change are influencing the underwriting and investment policies of a growing number of insurance companies, finds Graham Cooper
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Insurers blacklist illegal fishing boats
10 October 2017More than 20 leading insurers have pledged to stop underwriting vessels that have been blacklisted for their involvement in illegal fishing.
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Insurers' strategic responses to climate change
11 April 2017The third and final part of this series of features about the insurance sector looks at group level responses to climate change. Peter Cripps reports
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Investing in a changing climate
06 December 2016Insurers are increasingly factoring climate change into their investment decisions. But they are only at the start of a long learning process, finds Peter Cripps. This is the second part of a three-part series on how insurers are dealing with climate change
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Insuring in a changing climate
10 October 2016A year after the PRA's landmark report into the insurance sector and climate change, Environmental Finance looks at how the industry is responding.
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Climate change of +4°C would be "uninsurable", says Axa chairman
30 October 2015If climate change raises average global temperatures to 4°C above pre-industrial levels, most assets would be uninsurable, Henri de Castries, chairman and CEO of Axa Group told an insurance seminar in Paris.
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Insurers call for more spending to reduce natural disaster costs
02 July 2014Increased investment to improve resilience to natural hazards has been called for by a group of international insurers.
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