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• Japan's regulator engages financial players on climate risk

  12 February 2019

  Japan's Financial Services Agency is stepping up its focus on climate risk and is increasingly engaging with firms on the issue. Hiroshi Ota and Satoshi Ikeda explain why to Elena K. Johansson

• Cat bond market: Tried and tested

  17 December 2018

  The cat bond market hit fresh highs in 2018 despite a spate of catastrophes

• Focus on climate risk boosts demand for weather hedging

  17 December 2018

  An increasing focus on climate-related risks has become a significant driver of demand for financial products offering protection against adverse weather conditions, poll winners tell Graham Cooper.

• Q&A with Aviva's Maurice Tulloch on Insurance and Climate Risk

  24 September 2018

  To coincide with our Insurance & Climate Risk Americas conference, Environmental Finance conducted a Q&A interview with keynote speaker Maurice Tulloch, CEO, international insurance, at Aviva.

• Comment: Could Warren Buffett be wrong?

  24 September 2018

  Peter Cripps asks whether the great Warren Buffett could have been wrong when he said insurers don't need to worry about climate change.

• Will insurers keep up with the Jones?

  20 August 2018

  California's Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has been threatened with US lawsuits for his efforts to act on climate-related risks. Undeterred, he hopes his work can now drive international action, he tells Michael Hurley

• Impact investing or impact washing?

  19 June 2018

  Insurers say they can find financial value in ESG investing, but they have to be wise to investments that don't deliver on their stated goals. And while ESG can mean different things to different stakeholders, a push for standardisation is not always welcome, according to panellists at Insurance Asset Risk's 2018 EMEA conference. Vincent Huck reports

• World's top insurers stalling on climate change drive

  25 May 2018

  While insurers are increasingly aware of environmental risks which might impact both sides of their balance sheet, new research has found that their investment strategies are not in line with the Paris Agreement. The research was published the same week Royal Dutch Shell held its AGM and shareholders, including some large insurers, were asked to vote on a climate resolution. Did they stand up to the test? Paul Walsh and Vincent Huck report

• The beginning of the end for coal investment and underwriting

  30 April 2018

  Insurers have made efforts to disengage themselves from the coal industry on both sides of the balance sheet, but climate activists say they could do more. Cintia Cheong and Nick Roumpis examine the latest developments

• Q&A with Christian Thimann, a leading light in sustainable finance

  09 February 2018

  The chair of HLEG and vice-chair of the TCFD shares his views on the reports' key findings and their implications for the insurance sector.