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Q&A with AXA's Renaud Guidée
01 February 2022The group's chief risk officer and chair of the Net Zero Insurance Alliance explains why AXA has adopted a 'three strikes and you're out' policy with companies
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'The transition will not be smooth, or socially just'
13 January 2022The shift to a net-zero economy will bring upheaval and job losses, warns Zurich's Peter Giger. Madeleine Jenkins reports
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Engagement should not be an excuse for inaction on climate change
04 January 2022Insurance companies need to show progress in their climate dialogue or stop underwriting oil and gas production, writes Peter Bosshard
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Underestimating exponential growth as it relates to climate change
03 January 2022Adél Drew explores whether climate risk scenarios truly reflect the trends we are seeing - and the consequences of getting it wrong
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Carbon allowances - insurers slowly warm to the net-zero opportunity
09 December 2021The European benchmark price for carbon allowances hit a record high in November, but only one insurer acknowledges investing in them and others seem coy, so far, to deep their toes in, as Vincent Huck finds out.
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Sustainable underwriting is more arduous than sustainable investment
17 June 2021Axa, Zurich and Aviva discussed their journeys to carbon neutrality at the IDF Summit this week, and how they will meet their commitments to net-zero underwriting. Cintia Cheong reports
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German insurers are risking their climate credibility
12 May 2021By continuing to do coal business on the side and insuring new oil and gas projects, German insurers are putting their climate credibility at risk, warn Peter Bosshard and Regine Richter
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ESG 'rapidly evolving' in cat bond market despite lack of deals
10 May 2021Willis Re Securities' Quentin Perrot tells Ahren Lester that 2021 could finally see the emergence of ESG-labelled cat bonds, as the insurance-linked security market increasingly takes its potential seriously
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Finding a way to protect the uninsurable with parametrics
18 February 2021With climate risk on the rise and exposure growing both in financial value and in geographical diversity, a more innovative approach to risk transfer is needed to plug the gaps left by traditional insurance, says Simon Young
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Financial analysts applaud insurers' coal exit
02 February 2021In exiting coal, scientific, moral and financial interests align, argues Peter Bosshard