Archive

  • Tokio Marine hits back at coal involvement claims

    04 December 2018

    Using clean technologies preferable to singling out coal, insurer says

  • Insurance & Climate Risk EMEA conference: It's no longer about the obstacles but about the opportunities

    04 December 2018

    ESG investment needs to be more forward looking, panellists warn

  • Spike in fire risk claims was partly due to global warming, says AIG

    04 December 2018

    AIG partly attributed a doubling in the proportion of European claims it received stemming from fire damage to the effects of climate change.

  • Insurance market is 'broken' when it comes to climate change, says Aviva

    04 December 2018

    The insurance market is currently "broken", in terms of its incentivisation to address climate change, Aviva has argued.

  • Environmentalists slam US insurers for backing coal

    03 December 2018

    Asia-Pacific firms fare slightly better; Swiss Re and Axa earn top marks

  • California survey reveals rise in insurers divesting from thermal coal

    30 November 2018

    Californian insurers’ coal policies aligned with counterparts in Europe

  • Natixis Assurances to boost green assets to 10% of AuM

    29 November 2018

    French insurer Natixis Assurances is to increase the proportion of its investments that qualify as green to 10% of its total assets under management (AuM) by 2030.

  • Aviva and L&G invest more than £750m in world's largest wind farm

    28 November 2018

    Aviva Investors and Legal & General Investment Managers – Real Assets (LGIM RA) have lent more than £750 million ($957 million) to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) to purchase 50% of the UK's Hornsea One offshore wind farm.

  • XL's adoption of Axa climate policy will cost €100m in premiums

    27 November 2018

    Re/insurer Axa XL will adopt Axa’s climate policy on both sides of the balance sheet, following the French insurer’s recent takeover of XL Group.

  • Grey areas risk overshadowing a green taxonomy, says insurer

    26 November 2018

    Assets currently considered as green could be put at risk of becoming stranded if they were found to fall outside the bounds of a green taxonomy, according to Michèle Lacroix, head of group investment at French insurer Scor.